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sort (sôrt)
noun
- any group of persons or things related by having something in common; kind; class
- quality or type; nature remarks of that sort
- Archaic manner or way
- Comput. the act or an instance of sorting
- Printing any of the kinds of characters in a font of type
Etymology: ME < MFr < VL *sorta < L sors (gen. sortis), lot, chance, fate, akin to serere, to join together, arrange: see series
transitive verb
intransitive verb
- Archaic to associate; consort
- Archaic to harmonize or agree; suit
- Comput. to arrange a group of records in a particular way, as chronologically or alphabetically, so that they can be accessed more efficiently
after a sort
of sorts
- of various kinds
- of a poor or inferior kind also of a sort
out of sorts
- Printing lacking certain sorts of type
- Informal
- not in a good humor; cross
- not feeling well; slightly ill
sort of
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Alternate definitions:
sort
n.
of sorts<strong> <em>or</em> </strong>of a sort
out of sorts
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Object
- message: Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] I have not compromised it.
Converse of object
- like: For those who like this sort of thing, here are a few statistics.
Preposition: at
- kerbside: Items put out for collection are sorted at the kerbside by recycling operatives.
Adjective modifier
- same: Once the 10th class finished the test, I was able to do the same sort of lesson with them.
Modifies a noun
- code: Sort code ( UK only ) Code of emission Tools.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- out: Normally the problem can be sorted out on the spot.
Particle object: out_obj
- mess: Peter is usually the only one who can sort out the mess.
Present participle complement
- accord: The list must be sorted according to the numbers of the indeterminates.
Preposition: of
- thing: Why do these sort of things always happen in slow motion?
Noun used with modifier
- employability: There are links to two other employability card sorts from Biosciences and Windmills with this record.
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The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort.
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