pigeonhole

[US]/'pɪdʒɪnhəʊl/
[UK]/'pɪdʒɪnhol/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. en lille rum ved indgangen til et duehus; en lille afdeling på en arkivreol
vt. at placere i en kategori; at huske; at udsætte.
Word Forms
Past Participlepigeonholed
Pluralpigeonholes
Present Participlepigeonholing
Third Person Singularpigeonholes
Past Tensepigeonholed

Phrases & Collocations

get pigeonholed

undgå at blive puttet i en kasse

avoid being pigeonholed

undgå at blive puttet i en kasse

Example Sentences

to put someone in a pigeonhole

at putte nogen i en kasse

avoid being pigeonholed into a specific role

undgå at blive presset ned i en bestemt rolle

pigeonhole a book in the library

at placere en bog i en kategori i biblioteket

don't pigeonhole me based on my appearance

døm mig ikke ud fra mit udseende

the project doesn't fit neatly into any pigeonhole

projektet passer ikke pænt ind i nogen kategori

Real-world Examples

The inner part was divided into pigeonholes, all bulging with papers.

Den indre del var opdelt i skuffer, som alle bulede ud med papirer.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

I think it says a lot of what athletes can do that we're not just pigeonholed to sports.

Jeg synes, det siger meget om, hvad atleter kan, at vi ikke bare bliver pigeonholed til sport.

Source: Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People

But it's not so easy to pigeonhole these days.

Men det er ikke så let at pigeonhole folk i dag.

Source: Crash Course Astronomy

Our room faced the lobby, and there were these pigeonhole mailboxes.

Vores værelse vendte ud mod lobbyen, og der var disse postkasser med skuffer.

Source: What it takes: Celebrity Interviews

When you label yourself as shy like that, your pigeonholing your entire personality.

Når du mærker dig selv som genert på den måde, pigeonholer du hele din personlighed.

Source: Science in Life

Those projects were all so indelible in their way that I could imagine being pigeonholed was a problem.

De projekter var alle så uudslettelige på deres egen måde, at jeg kunne forestille mig, at det var et problem at blive pigeonholed.

Source: New York Times

Later, he pilfered some pigeons from another's pigeonhole.

Senere stjal han nogle duer fra en andens skuffe.

Source: Pan Pan

If you advertise how much wealth you own, people might make assumptions about you or pigeonhole you into harmful stereotypes.

Hvis du reklamerer for, hvor meget velstand du ejer, kan folk komme til at antage ting om dig eller pigeonhole dig i skadelige stereotyper.

Source: Science in Life

Yeah, I don't think you can pigeonhole.

Ja, jeg tror ikke, du kan pigeonhole.

Source: Sway

She was sorting, marking, and pigeonholing various papers and envelopes.

Hun sorterede, mærkede og pigeonholed forskellige papirer og konvolutter.

Source: Medium-rare steak

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