1. past tense and past participle of categorise; to arrange or classify into categories or groups
Usage: British English spelling (American English: categorized); transitive verb

Examples

• The librarian categorised the books by genre and author.
• The survey responses were categorised into five main themes.
• We categorised the expenses as either fixed or variable costs.
• The animals were categorised according to their habitat.
• She categorised the feedback into positive, negative, and neutral comments.
• The products have been categorised by price range.
• The research team categorised the data into different age groups.