sort (sɔːt
)
Definitions
noun
- a class, group, kind, etc, as distinguished by some common quality or characteristic
- informal type 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
- archaic manner; way ⇒
in this sort we struggled home
- See after a sort
- See of sorts
- See out of sorts
- See 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
- (tr) foll by with informal to supply, esp with drugs
- (intr; foll by with, together, etc) archaic or dialect to associate, as on friendly terms
- (intr) archaic to agree; accord
Alternative Forms
ˈsortable adjective ˈsortably adverb ˈsorter nounWord Origin
C14: from Old French, from Medieval Latin sors kind, from Latin: fateSynonyms
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kind,
type,
class,
make,
group,
family,
order,
race,
style,
quality,
character,
nature,
variety,
brand,
species,
breed,
category,
stamp,
description,
denomination,
genus,
ilk,
Translations
- British English:
sort
A particular sort of something is one of its different kinds or types.What sort of school did you go to?sɔːt NOUN What sort of school did you go to?
- Spanish:
clase
nf
- French:
sorte
nf
- German:
Sorte
nf
- Chinese: 种类 n
- Arabic: نَوْع n
- Portuguese: espécie nf
- Russian: сорт nm
- Croatian: vrsta nf
- Czech: druh nm
- Danish: slags nutr
- Dutch: soort n
- Finnish: laji n
- Greek: είδος nnt
- Italian: tipo nm
- Japanese: 種類 n
- Korean: 종류 n
- Norwegian: sort nm
- Polish: rodzaj nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: espécie nf
- European Spanish:
clase
nf
- Swedish: sort nutr
- Thai: การจัดประเภท n
- Turkish: çeşit n
- Vietnamese: loại n
Usage examples
Whatever sort of woman Trish was, thought Malone, he loved her.
, YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)This is not the sort of place where people talk in hushed whispers.
Country Life (2005)There were certain things the gaffer wanted to sort out - things he saw that no one else had seen.
Irish Times (2002)All advertising is banned; candidates may not hold promotional meetings or make any sort of gifts to members.
Glasgow Herald (2001)But there was nothing more to do but get on with the racing and sort out the rest in the protest room in Hobart.
, FATAL STORM (2001)