单词	categorical
释义	categoricalcat‧e‧gor‧i‧cal /ˌkætəˈɡɒrɪkəl◂ $ -ˈɡɔː-, -ˈɡɑː-/ adjective [usually before noun] Word Origin WORD ORIGINcategorical Origin: 1500-1600 Late Latin categoricus, from Greek, from kategoria; ➔ CATEGORY Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Weber's agent issued a categorical denial that the incident had ever happened. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But Whitehall sources dismissed the call and underlined Sir Patrick's own categorical statement. Evolution of ordered categorical data in each group was assessed by the Wilcoxon rank sum test. For many outer-city and middle-class speakers, a raised vowel is already categorical in all environments. It ultimately relies on the notion that we order our world through the categorical distinctions of our language. Since career development is mandated by state and federal categorical funds, the program is impossible to jettison. The counselor would then electronically graze the 70 categorical pots of money. The Senate plan thus anticipated simplifying the review process characteristic of the categorical grants. Where deviance has a categorical, unproblematic quality, a penal response is triggered. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► categorical denial/assurance etc  Can you give us a categorical assurance that no jobs will be lost? COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a categorical denial (=saying very definitely that something is not true)· Her categorical denial conflicted with the evidence. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► assurance · Can the Minister give us a categorical assurance that that will not happen?· Will my right hon. Friend give me a categorical assurance that that order was decided solely on price? ► grant · The Senate plan thus anticipated simplifying the review process characteristic of the categorical grants.· The second distribution was for hold-harmless grants to protect users of the categorical grants from a sudden loss of this money.· C., and generally increased the awareness of local officials about the new revenue sources represented by categorical grants. ► imperative · Perhaps the exemplar of this surrealist categorical imperative was Antonin Artaud.· But how can I know what the categorical imperatives binding on me are?· The first thing to realize is that it must consist in categorical imperatives, which are to be distinguished from hypothetical imperatives.· To pass unscathed into the inner sanctum of the wave is the categorical imperative of surfing. a categorical statement is a clear statement that something is definitely true or falsecategorical denial/assurance etc Can you give us a categorical assurance that no jobs will be lost?
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