sort
noun
[ sɔːt ]
• a category of things or people with a common feature; a type.
• "if only we knew the sort of people she was mixing with"
Similar:
type,
kind,
variety,
class,
category,
classification,
style,
description,
condition,
calibre,
quality,
nature,
manner,
design,
shape,
form,
pattern,
group,
set,
bracket,
genre,
species,
rank,
genus,
family,
order,
breed,
race,
strain,
generation,
vintage,
make,
model,
brand,
stamp,
ilk,
kidney,
cast,
grain,
mould,
stripe,
• the arrangement of data in a prescribed sequence.
• a manner or way.
• "in law also the Judge is in a sort superior to his King"
• a letter or piece in a font of type.
sort
verb
• arrange systematically in groups; separate according to type.
• "the mail was sorted"
Similar:
classify,
class,
categorize,
catalogue,
grade,
rank,
group,
divide,
sort out,
organize,
arrange,
order,
put in order,
marshal,
assemble,
collocate,
codify,
tabulate,
systematize,
systemize,
structure,
pigeonhole,
triage,
methodize,
• resolve (a problem or difficulty).
• "the problem with the engine was soon sorted"
Similar:
resolve,
settle,
sort out,
solve,
find a solution to,
find an answer to,
fix,
work out,
straighten out,
deal with,
put right,
set right,
put to rights,
rectify,
iron out,
answer,
explain,
fathom,
unravel,
disentangle,
clarify,
clear up,
throw light on,
sew up,
hammer out,
thrash out,
patch up,
crack,
figure out,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French sorte, from an alteration of Latin sors, sort- ‘lot, condition’.
