recategorize

Assign new grouping

To recategorize is to assign something to a different category than before: The library recategorized several novels as young adult fiction.

The word implies a deliberate reclassification, often following new criteria or understanding: After the audit, we had to recategorize some expenses.

classify

reclassify

Assign new category

systematize · differentiate · designate · delineate · specify · enumerate · subdivide · stratify · codify · binomial

sort

resort

Place for getaways

resequence · redistribute · reassign · refile · reindex · retag · relabel · reprioritize · reorder · repartition

organize

reorganize

Arrange again differently

reshuffle · restructure · realign · redistribute · reallocate · revise · overhaul · rework · reform · reposition

Opposites
categorical change vs. categorical stability

recategorizemaintain

Keep in condition

preserve · keep · stabilize · fix · lock in

initial categorization vs. re-categorization

recategorizecategorize

Assign to distinct groups

classify · sort · file · label · uncategorize

Family

recategorized, recategorizing, recategorizes, recategorised

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G