sort

[[t]sɔrt[/t]]

n.

1) a particular kind, class, or group; category:

two sorts of people—rich and poor[/ex]

2) character, quality, or nature:

friends of a nice sort[/ex]

3) an example of something that is undistinguished:

He is a sort of poet[/ex]

4) manner, fashion, or way

5) pri Print.

any of the individual characters making up a font of type

6) an instance of sorting

7) to arrange according to kind or class:

to sort socks[/ex]

8) to separate from other sorts (often fol. by out):

to sort the good from the bad[/ex]

9) to assign to a particular class, group, etc. (often fol. by with, together, etc.):

sorting people together indiscriminately[/ex]

10) cmp to place (computerized data) in order, numerically or alphabetically

11) archaic to suit; agree; fit

12) cvb phv sort out

a) evolve; turn out:

Wait and see how things sort out[/ex]

b) to put in order; clarify:

After I sort things out here, I can leave[/ex]

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- of sorts out of sorts sort of

Etymology: 1200–50; (n.) ME < MF sorte < ML sort- (s. of sors) kind, allotted status, L: orig., voter's lot sort′er, n. usage: See kind II .