English dictionary

sort

/s/O/rt/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

noun.cognition

Synonyms form kind variety

Source: WordNet 3.0
an approximate definition or example

noun.attribute

Examples
She wore a sort of magenta dress.

She served a creamy sort of dessert thing.

Source: WordNet 3.0
a person of a particular character or nature

noun.person

Examples
What sort of person is he?

He's a good sort.

Source: WordNet 3.0
an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion

noun.process

Examples
The bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting.

Synonyms sorting

Source: WordNet 3.0
Chance; lot; destiny.

noun

Source: webster1913
A kind or species; any number or collection of individual persons or things characterized by the same or like qualities; a class or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of horses; a sort of trees; a sort of poems.

noun

Source: webster1913

examine in order to test suitability

verb.social

Synonyms screen screen out sieve

Source: WordNet 3.0
arrange or order by classes or categories

verb.cognition

Synonyms assort class classify separate sort out

Source: WordNet 3.0
To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions, as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths according to their colors; to sort wool or thread according to its fineness.

verb

Source: webster1913
To join or associate with others, esp. with others of the same kind or species; to agree.

verb

Source: webster1913