SORT

/sɔːt/ ► audio Scrabble 4 Words With Friends 4

Definition

  1. verb examine in order to test suitability. — synonyms: screen, screen_out, sieve
  2. verb arrange or order by classes or categories. — synonyms: classify, class, assort, sort_out, separate
  3. noun a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality. — synonyms: kind, form, variety
  4. noun an approximate definition or example.
  5. noun a person of a particular character or nature.
  6. noun an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion. — synonyms: sorting

Examples

  • “I had a sort of my cupboard.”
  • “Popular algorithms for sorts include quicksort and heapsort.”
  • “Sort the letters in those bags into a separate pile for each language.”

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