Other Definitions sort (enc)
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Sort| Noun | 1. | sort - a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"category - a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme description - sort or variety; "every description of book was there" type - a subdivision of a particular kind of thing; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?" antitype - an opposite or contrasting type art form - (architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture) style - a particular kind (as to appearance); "this style of shoe is in demand" colour, color - (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors species - a specific kind of something; "a species of molecule"; "a species of villainy" genus - a general kind of something; "ignore the genus communism" make, brand - a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?" genre - a kind of literary or artistic work ilk - a kind of person; "I don't like people of his ilk" manner - a kind; "what manner of man are you?" model - a type of product; "his car was an old model" stripe - a kind or category; "businessmen of every stripe joined in opposition to the proposal" the like, the likes of - a similar kind; "dogs, foxes, and the like", "we don't want the likes of you around here" | | | 2. | sort - an approximate definition or example; "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing" | | | 3. | sort - a person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort" | | | 4. | sort - an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery it the process of sorting"operation - (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction); "it can perform millions of operations per second" | | | Verb | 1. | sort - examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" | | | 2. | sort - arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"unitise, unitize - separate or classify into units; "The hospital was unitized for efficiency" isolate - separate (experiences) fromt he emotions relating to them refer - think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another; "This plant can be referred to a known species" reclassify - classify anew, change the previous classification; "The zoologists had to reclassify the mollusks after they found new species" size - sort according to size stereotype, pigeonhole, stamp - treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" group - arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes together?" categorise, categorize - place into or assign to a category; "Children learn early on to categorize" grade - determine the grade of or assign a grade to number, count - put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members" | |
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