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sort

(s/O/rt )

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality(noun.cognition)

Synonym:
form, kind, variety

source: wordnet30
an approximate definition or example(noun.attribute)

Example:
She wore a sort of magenta dress.
She served a creamy sort of dessert thing.

source: wordnet30
a person of a particular character or nature(noun.person)

Example:
What sort of person is he?.
He's a good sort.

source: wordnet30
an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion(noun.process)

Example:
The bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting.

Synonym:
sorting

source: wordnet30
Chance; lot; destiny.(noun)

source: webster1913
A kind or species; any number or collection of individual persons or things characterized by the same or like qualities; a class or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of horses; a sort of trees; a sort of poems.(noun)

source: webster1913

examine in order to test suitability(verb.social)

Synonym:
screen, screen out, sieve

source: wordnet30
arrange or order by classes or categories(verb.cognition)

Synonym:
assort, class, classify, separate, sort out

source: wordnet30
To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions, as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths according to their colors; to sort wool or thread according to its fineness.(verb)

source: webster1913
To join or associate with others, esp. with others of the same kind or species; to agree.(verb)

source: webster1913

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