sort
/soɹt/ noun B1- A general type.
- A person evaluated in a certain way. · good sort, bad sort
- An act of sorting. · I had a sort of my cupboard.
- An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence. · 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.
Plural sorts
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Yes, indeed; I had previously inquired of Dantès what was his opinion of you, and if he should have any reluctance to continue you in your post, for somehow I have perceived a sort of coolness between you.”
I am aware he is a furious royalist; but, in spite of that, and of his being king’s attorney, he is a man like ourselves, and I fancy not a bad sort of one.”
“Why, if my information prove correct, a sort of Bonapartist conspiracy has just been discovered.”
Green candy and green pop-corn were offered for sale, as well as green shoes, green hats, and green clothes of all sorts.
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