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Meaning
Noun
●
A general type.
●
Manner; form of being or acting.
●
Condition above the
vulgar
; rank.
●
A person
evaluated
in a certain way (bad, good,
strange
, etc.).
●
Group, company.
●
In British English:
A
good-looking
woman.
●
An
act
of sorting.
●
In Computing & Computing:
An
algorithm
for
sorting
a list
of
items
into a particular sequence.
●
In Typography:
A
piece
of
metal
type used to
print
one
letter
,
character
, or
symbol
in a particular
size
and style.
●
In Mathematics:
A type.
●
Chance; lot; destiny.
●
A
full
set of anything, such as a
pair of shoes
, or a
suit
of clothes.
Verb
●
To
separate
items
into different
categories
according to
certain
criteria
that
determine
their sorts.
●
To
arrange
into some
sequence
, usually
numerically
,
alphabetically
or chronologically.
●
To
conjoin
; to
put together
in
distribution
; to class.
●
To
conform
; to
adapt
; to accommodate.
●
To choose from a number; to
select
; to cull.
●
To
join
or
associate
with others, especially with others of the same kind or
species
; to agree.
●
To
suit
; to
fit
; to be
in accord
; to harmonize.
●
In British English:
To
fix
(a problem) or
handle
(a task).
●
In British English:
To
attack
physically.
●
To geld.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
sort
English
sorte
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
sortir
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
sortire
Latin
sors
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Genre
Genus
Kind
Type
Variety
Character
Individual
Person
Glyph
Categorize
Class
Classify
Group
Order
Rank
Distribute
Digest
Description
Sort Out
More
Related
Semblance
Kinds
Combination
Filter
Organize
Figure
Arrange
Search
Find
Piece
Pick
Portion
Locate
List
Handle
Select
Process
Kinda
Check
Manage
Bit
Collect
Print
Straighten
Retrieve
Variety
Balance
Organise
Parse
Notion
Arrangement
Discover
Forms
Level
Types
Element
Scan
Suss
Fill
Analyze
Hash
Method
Kind Of
Take Care
More
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