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sort

/soɹt/noun, verb1 syllable

Sort means: arrange or order by classes or categories.

Synonyms for sort25

noun, as in a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

kind, form, variety

noun, as in an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion

sorting

verb, as in arrange or order by classes or categories

classify, class, assort, sort out, separate

verb, as in examine in order to test suitability

screen, screen out, sieve

also used for sort

sort-out, sort algorithm, sorting algorithm, genre, genus, type, character, individual, person, categorize, group, order, rank

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What does sort mean?6

verb

1

arrange or order by classes or categories“How would you classify these pottery shards — are they prehistoric?”

2

examine in order to test suitability“screen these samples”

noun

1

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality“sculpture is a form of art”

2

an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion“the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting”

3

an approximate definition or example“she wore a sort of magenta dress”

4

a person of a particular character or nature“what sort of person is he?”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with sort?22

one syllable

courtshortportsportfortcttortmortthwartquartsnort

two syllables

supportreporttransportresortimportescortabortconsortdeportdistort

three syllables

teleport
Show 40 near rhymes
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All 22 rhymes for sort, grouped by syllable

Sort in a sentence

  • Some of the girls like that sort of music, and some don't.CK
  • When she appeared in court, she was wearing a sort of crown.unknown
  • At that time, she was busy with some sort of work.FeuDRenais
  • It's an attractive price, for this sort of device.blay_paul
  • Obviously, there was a problem of some sort.CK
  • Yeah, there was some sort of reply from them.JimBreen
  • Hey, is that a demonic duck of some sort?Ooneykcall
  • It's sort of fashionable, but the price is too high!paper1n0

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Forms of sort

as a noun

plural
sorts

as a verb

past tense
sorted
present participle
sorting
third-person singular
sorts
past participle
sorted