sort

Nouns

• (n) a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
  • sculpture is a form of art
  • what kinds of desserts are there?
  kind, form, variety,
• (n) an approximate definition or example
  • she wore a sort of magenta dress
  • she served a creamy sort of dessert thing
• (n) a person of a particular character or nature
  • what sort of person is he?
  • he's a good sort
• (n) an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
  • the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting
  sorting,

Verbs

• (v) examine in order to test suitability
  • screen these samples
  • screen the job applicants
  screen out, sieve, screen,
• (v) arrange or order by classes or categories
  • How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
  class, classify, sort out, assort, separate,

Synonyms

Words of close approximity