categoria

Definitions of categoria
  1. noun
    a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
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    fatta, forma, genere, qualità, razza, risma, sorta, specie, tipo
    a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
    foggia, forma, guisa, impronta, linea, maniera, mano, stile
    a particular kind (as to appearance)
    eterogeneità, ricchezza, varietà
    a specific kind of something
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    concezione
    an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
  2. noun
    a formal organization of people or groups of people
    synonyms: associazione, classe, corporazione, ordine
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    cooperativa, cooperativismo, cooperazione
    an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it
    circolo, club, gruppo, salotto
    a formal association of people with similar interests
    associazione di categoria, consorzio, sindacato
    an association of companies for some definite purpose
    banda, congrega, gang, genia, masnada, quadrato
    an association of criminals
    fratellanza
    a social club for male undergraduates
    massoneria
    Freemasons collectively
    cartello, cordata, pool, sindacato, trust
    a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
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    organizzazione
    a group of people who work together
  3. noun
    the body of people in a learned occupation
    synonyms: associazione, classe, corporazione, ordine
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    avvocatura
    the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
    ministero, sacerdozio
    the body of ordained religious practitioners
    clero
    in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)
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    occupazione
    a body of people doing the same kind of work
  4. noun
    a collection of things sharing a common attribute
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    categoria grammaticale
    (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
    declinazione
    a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms
    coniugazione
    a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms
    caso
    nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
    parte del discorso
    one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context
    persona
    a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third party
    genere
    a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it is quite arbitrary but in Indo-European languages it is usually based on sex or animateness
    tempo
    a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
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    aggregazione, assortimento, collezione, raccolta, scelta, varietà
    several things grouped together or considered as a whole
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