sort

Pronunciation: US [sɔrt] UK [sɔː(r)t]

n.Sort category; category; category
v.Finish; ... Classification of proper handling, arranging for appropriate
WebMethod of array element sort; ... ... Classification

Synonyms

breed class description feather genre ilk kidney kind like manner nature order species strain stripe type variety

Definitions in English

n.	1. a group of people or things with the same qualities or features; a particular type of person 2. the process by which a computer arranges information in a particular order, for example by date or number, or in alphabetical order
v.	1. to arrange things in groups or in a particular order, for example by date, importance, size, or color 2. to solve a problem or deal with someone or something successfully

Other Forms

3sg.sorts

Idioms

Example Sentences

I thought those sort of people knew every boat..by sight.
Source: D. L. Sayers
I should condemn myself for doing that sort of thing.
Source: E. F. Benson
Major Best was the sort to die by violence.
Source: J. Marquand
This is a damned inhuman sort of war.
Source: R. N. Currey
She hadn't any qualifications of the secretarial sort.
Source: R. Frame
Upheavals of various sorts had ravaged their faces.
Source: D. Leavitt
More than 100 different sorts of..call by birds have..been identified.
Source: Bird Watching
Helping her sort the apples and range them in..rows.
Source: E. Bowen
They had been sorted into six groups (dependent on sex and marital status).
Source: G. Gorer
Postal Corps personnel sorting mail.
Source: Stamps

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Rearrange English Word: sort
orts rots tors
Based on sort, new words formed by adding one letter at the beginning or end
a - orst
b - ratos
c - roast
e - rotas
f - taros
g - toras
h - borts
i - torcs
k - roset
l - rotes
m - store
n - tores
o - torse
p - forts
s - frost
t - horst
u - short
w - riots
y - rotis
All shorter English words within sort :
or ors ort os rot so sot to tor
List all shorter English words in sort.
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With the same order, English words that are formed by any part of : s so sort or ort r t
Based on sort, all English words formed by changing one letter
Create new English words with the same letter pairs: so or rt
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English words starting with sort :
sortable sortably sorta sorts sort sorters sortied sorties sorting sorted sorter sortie
English words that contain sort :
allsorts assorted assorter assorts assort consorts consort missorts missort presorts presort reassort resorted resorter resorts resort sortable sortably sorta sorts sort sorters sortied sorties sorting sorted sorter sortie
English words ending with sort :
assort consort missort presort reassort resort sort