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   /sôrt/

   

   noun

   • 1. a category of things or people having some common feature; a type: "if only we knew the sort of people she was mixing with" Similar typekindvarietyclasscategoryclassificationstyledescriptionconditioncaliberqualitynaturemannerdesignshapeformpatterngroupsetbracketgenrespeciesrankgenusfamilyorderbreedracestraingenerationvintagemakemodelbrandstampilkkidneycastgrainmoldinformal:stripe
   • ▪ a person of a specified nature: informal "Frank was a genuinely friendly sort" Similar personindividualsoulcreaturehuman beingmanwomanboygirlinformal:fellowladguygeezergentkidbratcharactertypebeggarcookiecustomerbodchapblokedudehombreinformal, dated:bodydogcovevulgar slang:sodbuggerarchaic:wight
   • 2. the arrangement of data in a prescribed sequence.
   • 3. a manner or way: archaic "in law also the Judge is in a sort superior to his King"
   • 4. a letter or piece in a font of type.

   verb

   • 1. arrange systematically in groups; separate according to type, class, etc.: "the mail was sorted" Similar classifyclasscategorizecataloggraderankgroupdividesort outorganizearrangeorderput in ordermarshalassemblecollocatecodifytabulatesystematizesystemizestructurepigeonholetriagerare:methodize
   • ▪ look at (a group of things) one after another in order to classify them or make a selection: "she sat down and sorted through her mail"
   • 2. resolve (a problem or difficulty): "the problem with the engine was soon sorted" Similar resolvesettlesort outsolvefind a solution tofind an answer tofixwork outstraighten outdeal withput rightset rightput to rightsrectifyiron outanswerexplainfathomunraveldisentangleclarifyclear upthrow light oninformal:sew uphammer outthrash outpatch upcrackfigure out
   • ▪ resolve the problems or difficulties of: "they agreed she could stay with them while she got herself sorted" Similar resolvesettlesort outsolvefind a solution tofind an answer tofixwork outstraighten outdeal withput rightset rightput to rightsrectifyiron outanswerexplainfathomunraveldisentangleclarifyclear upthrow light oninformal:sew uphammer outthrash outpatch upcrackfigure out

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French sorte, from an alteration of Latin sors, sort-‘lot, condition’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sortable adjective
   • 2. sorter noun

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