sort
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/soɹt/]
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Senses
1. sort (verb) — sense 1
Definition: To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.
Example: Sort the letters in those bags into a separate pile for each language.
2. sort (verb) — sense 2
Definition: To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
Example: Sort those bells into a row in ascending sequence of pitch.
3. sort (verb) — sense 3
Definition: To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
Example: Shellfish have been, by some of the ancients, compared and sorted with insecta.
Structure of the word
Roots:- ser (bind, Proto-Indo-European)
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