sort of

Signification (Anglais)

Approximately; in a way; partially; not quite; somewhat.

Concepts

comme ça

en partie

en quelque sorte

partiellement

sorte

tel

de cette façon

partialement

pour ainsi dire

un tel

cette sorte de

à moité

Synonymes

kind of

type of

almost

kind

kinda

quasi

rather

so

somewhat

sort

maybe

pretty

although

quite

-like

resembling

to an extent

to some extent

unwholly

so to speak

such

in a way

incompletely

in part

jolly

that

similar to

as it were

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsɔɹt əv/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From a reanalysis of "sort of" in a phrase such as "a sort of merry dance" from noun ("sort") and preposition ("of") from the prepositional phrase "of merry dance" to adverb modifying "merry".

Phrases

There were raised voices , and some sort of struggle appeared to be going on . .

Il y avait des voix surélevées et une sorte de lutte semblait se poursuivre. .