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/sɔrt/

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noun
an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
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"the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"

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sorting

type of:
operation
verb
arrange or order by classes or categories
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assort class classify separate sort out

type of:
categorise categorize
verb
examine in order to test suitability
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screen screen out sieve

type of:
pick out select choose take
noun
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
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form kind variety

type of:
category
noun
an approximate definition or example
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"she wore a sort of magenta dress" "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"

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similarity
noun
a person of a particular character or nature
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"what sort of person is he?" "he's a good sort"

type of:
soul person someone somebody mortal individual

Examples of sort

"the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"
"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"