Definition of sort

noun (n)

• a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality (noun.cognition)

  Synonym: form, kind, variety
  

  source: wordnet30
• an approximate definition or example (noun.attribute)

  Example:
  She wore a sort of magenta dress.
  She served a creamy sort of dessert thing.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a person of a particular character or nature (noun.person)

  Example:
  What sort of person is he?.
  He's a good sort.
  

  source: wordnet30
• an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion (noun.process)

  Synonym: sorting
  

  Example:
  The bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting.
  

  source: wordnet30
• Chance; lot; destiny. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• A kind or species; any number or collection of individual persons or things characterized by the same or like qualities; a class or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of horses; a sort of trees; a sort of poems. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• examine in order to test suitability (verb.social)

  Synonym: screen, screen out, sieve
  

  source: wordnet30
• arrange or order by classes or categories (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: assort, class, classify, separate, sort out
  

  source: wordnet30
• To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions, as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths according to their colors; to sort wool or thread according to its fineness. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To join or associate with others, esp. with others of the same kind or species; to agree. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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