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sort

UK/sɔːt/ US/soɹt/ very common informal uk
noun (4) verb (2)

noun

1.

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

  • “sculpture is a form of art”
  • “what kinds of desserts are there?”
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2.

an approximate definition or example

  • “she wore a sort of magenta dress”
  • “she served a creamy sort of dessert thing”
3.

a person of a particular character or nature

  • “what sort of person is he?”
  • “he”
4.

an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion

  • “the bottleneck in mail delivery it the process of sorting”
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verb

1.

examine in order to test suitability

  • “screen these samples”
  • “screen the job applicants”
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2.

arrange or order by classes or categories

  • “How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?”
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Origin

From Middle English sort, soort, sorte (cognate Dutch soort, German Sorte, Danish sort, Swedish sort), borrowed from Old French sorte (“class, kind”), from Latin sortem, accusative form of sors (“lot, fate, share, rank, category”).

Phrases

  • all sorts non-computer-specific terms related to "sort"
  • copy sort other "sort" terms, not sorted by sort
  • cycle sort other "sort" terms, not sorted by sort
  • good sort other "sort" terms, not sorted by sort
  • in sort non-computer-specific terms related to "sort"
  • out of sorts non-computer-specific terms related to "sort"
  • sort of non-computer-specific terms related to "sort"
  • sort oneself out
  • sort out
  • sort the wheat from the chaff
  • sort through
  • that's your sort non-computer-specific terms related to "sort"

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