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sort
[sawrt]
noun
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature.
to develop a new sort of painting;
nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
Synonyms: , , , , ,character, quality, or nature.
young people of a nice sort.
an example of something that is undistinguished or barely adequate.
He is a sort of poet.
manner, fashion, or way.
We spoke in this sort for several minutes.
Printing.
any of the individual characters making up a font of type.
characters of a particular font that are rarely used.
an instance of sorting.
verb (used with object)
to arrange according to sort, kind, or class; separate into sorts; classify.
to sort socks;
to sort eggs by grade.
to separate or take from other sorts or from others (often followed byout ): to sort out the children's socks.
to sort the good from the bad;
to sort out the children's socks.
to assign to a particular class, group, or place (often followed by with, together, etc.).
to sort people together indiscriminately.
Scot.to provide with food and shelter.
Computers.to place (records) in order, as numerical or alphabetical, based on the contents of one or more keys contained in each record.
verb (used without object)
Archaic.to suit; agree; fit.
British Dialect.to associate, mingle, or be friendly.
sort
/ ɔː /
noun
a class, group, kind, etc, as distinguished by some common quality or characteristic
informaltype of character, nature, etc
he's a good sort
a more or less definable or adequate example
it's a sort of review
(often plural) printing any of the individual characters making up a fount of type
archaicmanner; way
in this sort we struggled home
to some extent
of an inferior kind
of an indefinite kind
not in normal good health, temper, etc
informal
(adverb) in some way or other; as it were; rather
(sentence substitute) used to express reservation or qualified assent
I’m only joking. Sort of
verb
(tr) to arrange according to class, type, etc
(tr) to put (something) into working order
(tr) to arrange (computer information) by machine in an order convenient to the computer user
informalto supply, esp with drugs
archaic(intr; foll by with, together, etc) to associate, as on friendly terms
archaic(intr) to agree; accord
Usage
Other Word Forms
- sortable adjective
- sortably adverb
- sorter noun
- missort verb
- subsort verb
- subsorter noun
- undersort verb (used with object)
- unsort verb (used with object)
- unsortable adjective
- ˈǰٲ adjective
- ˈǰٱ noun
- ˈǰٲ adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of sort1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sort1
Idioms and Phrases
out of sorts,
in low spirits; depressed.
in poor health; indisposed; ill.
in a bad temper; irritable.
to be out of sorts because of the weather.
Printing. short of certain characters of a font of type.
of sorts, Also of a sort
of a mediocre or poor kind.
a tennis player of sorts.
of one sort or another; of an indefinite kind.
sort of, in a way; somewhat; rather.
Their conversation was sort of tiresome.
Example Sentences
"We just have to polish the fact that sometimes you sort of have to accept that you can't always go 100%, especially when a little mistake can be so costly."
“I didn’t think I would be met with any sort of no, especially because we’re in LA and with everything happening,” she said.
Watson, who rode her bike to and from the site each day, said the tournament had "sort of Wimbledon vibes" because of the history.
"It's a feeling of helplessness, emptiness, normally if something goes wrong, we can sort things out but this has been very difficult."
Whilst most UK security guards work in shops and other businesses, his data does also signal a rise in the sort of residential work carried out by private firms, he says.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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