sort

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: sort

1	n	a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
2	v n	arrange or order by classes or categories an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: sort

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sort or variety; type
a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; antitype
an opposite or contrasting type; art form
(architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture); style
a particular kind (as to appearance); flavor, flavour
(physics) the six kinds of quarks; color, colour
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; species
a specific kind of something; genus
a general kind of something; brand, make
a recognizable kind; genre
a kind of literary or artistic work; ilk, like
a kind of person; manner
a kind; model
a type of product; stripe
a kind or category; like, the like, the likes of
a similar kind; breed
a special type; nature
a particular type of thing; edition, variant, variation, version
something a little different from others of the same type; architectural style, style of architecture, type of architecture
architecture as a kind of art form; charm
(physics) one of the six flavors of quark; strangeness
(physics) one of the six flavors of quark; sonata form
a musical form having 3 sections -- exposition and development and recapitulation; characteristic of 1st movement of a sonata or symphony

Type of:: category
a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme

“she wore a sort of magenta dress”

“she served a creamy sort of dessert thing”

“what sort of person is he?”

“he's a good sort”

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separate or classify into units; catalog, catalogue
make an itemized list or catalog of; classify; isolate
separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them; refer
think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another; reclassify
classify anew, change the previous classification; size
sort according to size; dichotomise, dichotomize
divide into two opposing groups or kinds; pigeonhole, stamp, stereotype
treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; group
arrange into a group or groups; grade
determine the grade of or assign a grade to; count, number
put into a group; regroup
reorganize into new groups; bracket
classify or group; chunk, collocate, lump
group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side; batch
batch together; assemble or process as a batch

Type of:: choose, pick out, select, take
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

“the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting”

Type of:: operation
(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)

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