Defenition of the word sort

• Defenition of the word sort

  • To arrange in an order.
  • Kind of person.
  • arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
  • a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"
  • examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"
  • an approximate definition or example; "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"
  • a person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort"
  • an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery it the process of sorting"
  • a person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?"; "he''s a good sort"
  • an approximate definition or example
  • a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
  • a person of a particular character or nature
  • an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
  • arrange or order by classes or categories
  • examine in order to test suitability

Synonyms for the word sort

• • arrange
  • assort
  • character
  • class
  • classify
  • form
  • genus
  • individual
  • kind
  • nature
  • organize
  • person
  • place
  • rank
  • screen
  • screen out
  • separate
  • sieve
  • sort out
  • sorting
  • soul
  • species
  • type
  • variety

Similar words in the sort

• • sort
  • sort's
  • sorta
  • sorted
  • sorter
  • sorter's
  • sorters
  • sortie
  • sortie's
  • sortied
  • sortieing
  • sorties
  • sorting
  • sorts

Hyponyms for the word sort

• • antitype
  • art form
  • brand
  • catalog
  • catalogue
  • color
  • colour
  • count
  • description
  • dichotomise
  • dichotomize
  • flavor
  • flavour
  • genre
  • genus
  • grade
  • group
  • ilk
  • isolate
  • like
  • make
  • manner
  • model
  • number
  • pigeonhole
  • reclassify
  • refer
  • size
  • species
  • stamp
  • stereotype
  • stripe
  • style
  • the like
  • the likes of
  • type
  • unitise
  • unitize

Hypernyms for the word sort

• • approximation
  • categorise
  • categorize
  • category
  • choose
  • human
  • individual
  • mortal
  • operation
  • person
  • pick out
  • select
  • similarity
  • somebody
  • someone
  • soul
  • take

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