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Definition of: category
(kat′ə·gôr′ē, -gō′rē) noun plural ·ries
1. Any comprehensive class or description of things.
2. A class, condition, or predicament.
3. One of the several forms of conception or knowledge that together embrace everything predicable or existent. [<L categoria <Gk. katēgoria <katēgoreein allege, predicate <kata- against + agora public assembly]
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