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sort

Letters that make sort

s, o, r, t are letters that make 'sort'

Words within sort

OR, so are words within 'sort'

Anagrams of sort

orts, rots, tors are anagrams of 'sort'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of sort

sorts is a word created by adding a letter to 'sort'

sort is a 4 letter word starting with s
sort is a 4 letter word ending with t

6 possible definitions for 'sort'

Sort as "a person of a particular character or nature"

Under this definition, sort is a noun and has the following properties:

sort as a type

'sort' can be a type of mortal, individual, someone, person, somebody, soul.

Example of sort used within this context

"what sort of person is he?", "he's a good sort"

Sort as "arrange or order by classes or categories"

Under this definition, sort is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

sort out, classify, assort, separate, class have the same meaning as 'sort'

sort as a type

'sort' can be a type of categorize, categorise.

Types of sort

pigeonhole, unitise, isolate, reclassify, dichotomize, dichotomise, refer, unitize, grade, catalogue, stamp, stereotype, size, group, number, count, catalog are types of 'sort'.

Derivatives of sort

sorter, stratum, social class, categorization, categorisation, form, variety, classification, class, category, socio-economic class, classifier, sorting, family, sort, kind, classificatory, division, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment are derivatives of 'sort'.

Entailments to sort

compare is an entailment to 'sort'.

Sort as "examine in order to test suitability"

Under this definition, sort is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

screen out, screen, sieve have the same meaning as 'sort'

sort as a type

'sort' can be a type of pick out, choose, select, take.

Derivatives of sort

screener, sort, sorting, screening are derivatives of 'sort'.

Sort as "an approximate definition or example"

Under this definition, sort is a noun and has the following properties:

sort as a type

'sort' can be a type of similarity.

Example of sort used within this context

"she wore a sort of magenta dress", "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"

Sort as "an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion"

Under this definition, sort is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

sorting has the same meaning as sort

sort as a type

'sort' can be a type of operation.

Derivatives of sort

sort out, classify, assort, screen out, sort, separate, class, screen, sieve are derivatives of 'sort'.

Example of sort used within this context

"the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"

Sort as "a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality"

Under this definition, sort is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

form, variety, kind have the same meaning as 'sort'

sort as a type

'sort' can be a type of category.

Types of sort

brand, ilk, colour, type, style, antitype, flavor, flavour, like, make, model, stripe, genre, manner, color, like, description, art form, species, genus, the like, the likes of are types of 'sort'.

Derivatives of sort

sort out, classify, assort, sort, separate, class are derivatives of 'sort'.