Associations to the word «Sort»

SORT, noun. A general type.

SORT, noun. Manner; form of being or acting.

SORT, noun. (obsolete) Condition above the vulgar; rank.

SORT, noun. (dated) Group, company.

SORT, noun. (informal) A person.

SORT, noun. An act of sorting.

SORT, noun. (computing) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.

SORT, noun. (typography) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.

SORT, noun. (obsolete) Chance; lot; destiny.

SORT, noun. (obsolete) A pair; a set; a suit.

SORT, verb. ​(transitive) To separate according to certain criteria.

SORT, verb. ​(transitive) To arrange into some order, especially numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.

SORT, verb. ​(British) To fix a problem, to handle a task; to sort out.

SORT, verb. (transitive) To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.

SORT, verb. (intransitive) To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.

SORT, verb. (intransitive) To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.

SORT, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.

SORT, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To choose from a number; to select; to cull.

SORT CODE, noun. (banking) (UK) (Ireland) A code assigned to a specific branch of a bank.

SORT OF, adverb. (idiomatic) (colloquial)   Approximately; in a way; partially; not quite; somewhat.

SORT ONESELF OUT, verb. To organize or solve one's personal problems.

SORT ONESELF OUT, verb. To calm down emotionally.

SORT OUT, verb. (transitive) To clarify by reviewing mentally.

SORT OUT, verb. (transitive) To arrange.

SORT OUT, verb. (transitive) To fix, as a problem.

SORT OUT, verb. (transitive) To organise or separate into groups, as a collection of items, so as to make tidy.

SORT OUT, verb. (transitive) To separate from the remainder of a group; often construed with from.

SORT OUT, verb. (transitive) (British) (slang) To attack physically.

SORT OUT, verb. (UK) (slang) To provide (somebody) with a necessity, or a solution to a problem.

SORT THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF, verb. Alternative form of separate the wheat from the chaff

SORT, noun. A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?".

SORT, noun. An approximate definition or example; "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing".

SORT, noun. A person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort".

SORT, noun. An operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting".

SORT, verb. Examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants".

SORT, verb. Arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?".