sort

Noun

1. A general type.
2. (archaic) Manner, way; form of being or acting.
3. (obsolete) Condition above the vulgar; rank.
4. (informal) A person evaluated in a certain way.
5. (obsolete) Group, company.
6. (Australia, British, informal) A good-looking woman.
7. An act of sorting.
8. An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.
9. A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
10. A type.
11. (obsolete) Fate, fortune, destiny.
12. (obsolete) Anything used to determine the answer to a question by chance; lot.
13. (obsolete) A full set of anything, such as a pair of shoes or a suit of clothes.

Verb

1. (transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.
2. (transitive) To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
3. (transitive) To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
6. (intransitive) To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
7. (intransitive) To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
8. (British, colloquial, transitive) To fix (a problem) or handle (a task).
9. (British, colloquial, transitive) To attack physically.
10. (transitive) To geld.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɔːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sort

Cognate with Dutch: soort

Cognate with German: Sorte

Cognate with Danish: sort

Cognate with Swedish: sort

Inherited from Middle English: sorten

In summary

From Middle English sort, soort, sorte (cognate Dutch soort, German Sorte, Danish sort, Swedish sort), borrowed from Old French sorte (“class, kind”), from Latin sortem, accusative form of sors (“lot, fate, share, rank, category”).

Synonyms

kind

type

class

variety

species

classify

category

group

grade

form

genus

genre

order

separate

choose

assort

manner

quality

select

breed

divide

sorting

way

categorize

style

classification

rank

family

👪

brand

division

screen

assortment

character

caste

pattern

organize

pick

⛏️

nature

cull

stamp

ilk

arrange

collate

sort out

mode

section

description

segregate

race

mould

Translations

Sorte

Art

trier

genere

specie

soort

sorte

Gattung

tipo

genre

clase

sortieren

tipo

espèce

especie

Sentences

Look , you really need to sort yourself out .

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