sort
/soɹt/ verb B2- To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts. · Sort the letters in those bags into a separate pile for each language.
- To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically. · Sort those bells into a row in ascending sequence of pitch.
- To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
- To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
- To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
- To geld.
Plural sort · He/she/it sorts · Past sorted · Past participle sorted · -ing form sorting
Verb forms
- Base form
- sort
- He/she/it
- sorts
- Past
- sorted
- Past participle
- sorted
- -ing form
- sorting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Have you any of the sort in the house?”
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.”
At the same instant his ear caught a sort of indistinct sound on the stairs, followed by the measured tread of soldiery, with the clanking of swords and military accoutrements; then came a hum and buzz as of many voices, so as to deaden even the noisy mirth of the bridal party, among whom a vague feeling of curiosity and apprehension quelled every disposition to talk, and almost instantaneously the most deathlike stillness prevailed.
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