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Meaning of
sort
in English
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us
//sɔːrt//
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Plural
sorts
Past Tense
sorted
Participle Verb
sorting
Third Person Singular
sorts
Definitions
Verb
separate
items
by
criteria
;
categorize
We
will
sort
the
documents
by
date
.
arrange
in
sequence
(
numerical
,
alphabetical
)
The
computer
can
sort
the
data
in
alphabetical
order
.
Noun
a
manner
or
way
of
being
The
artist's
sort
of
creativity
is
inspiring
to
many
.
a
general
category
or
type
This
product
is
a
new
sort
of
electronic
device
.
a
person
judged
in
a
certain
way
;
informal
He's
a
nice
sort
of
guy
to
have
around
.
an
act
of
arranging
or
categorizing
things
The
sort
of
categorizing
the
books
took
several
hours
.
an
algorithm
for
sequencing
items
The
programmer
developed
a
new
sort
to
improve
data
processing
efficiency
.
a
metal
piece
for
printing
characters
The
old
printing
press
used
a
sort
to
create
metal
typefaces
.
a
mathematical
category
or
type
The
algorithm
uses
a
specific
sort
to
analyze
the
data
.
Compounds / Phrases
sort-out
middling sort
sort of