Meaning of sort in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A general type.

• Manner; form of being or acting.

• Condition above the vulgar; rank.

• A person evaluated in a certain way (bad, good, strange, etc.).

• Group, company.

• A good-looking woman.

• An act of sorting.

  Example: I had a sort of my cupboard.

• An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.

  Example: Popular algorithms for sorts include quicksort and heapsort.

• A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.

• A type.

• Chance; lot; destiny.

• A full set of anything, such as a pair of shoes, or a suit of clothes.

verb

• 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.

• To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.

  Example: Sort those bells into a row in ascending sequence of pitch.

• To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.

• To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.

• To choose from a number; to select; to cull.

• To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.

• To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.

• To fix (a problem) or handle (a task).

• To attack physically.

  Example: If he comes nosing around here again I'll sort him!