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sort

/ sort /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
an approximate definition or example
"she wore a sort of magenta dress"
"she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"
Type of:
similarity
noun Sense 2
a person of a particular character or nature
"what sort of person is he?"
"he''s a good sort"
Type of:
person individual someone
noun Sense 3
an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
"the bottleneck in mail delivery it the process of sorting"
Type of:
operation
Derived:
classify class assort sort out separate
noun Sense 4
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
"sculpture is a form of art"
"what kinds of desserts are there?"
Type of:
category
Kinds of:
description type antitype art form style
Derived:
classify class assort sort out separate
verb Sense 5
arrange or order by classes or categories
"How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
Type of:
categorize categorise
Kinds of:
unitize unitise catalogue catalog isolate
Derived:
categorization categorisation classification compartmentalization compartmentalisation
Entails:
compare
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 6
examine in order to test suitability
"screen these samples"
"screen the job applicants"
Type of:
choose take select
Derived:
sorting screening screener
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
71%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
40
Times Searched
1
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similarity person individual someone operation category description type antitype art form style categorize