the process or operation of ordering items and data according to specific criteria
b.
(as modifier)
a sorting program
Examples of 'sorting' in a sentence
sorting
What had seemed on our first entrance to be a sea, was gradually sorting itself out into a series of ponds.
Barnard, Robert DEATH IN PURPLE PROSE
Dehn or Ziegler is my man, and I intend sorting things out with him.
Jenkins, Geoffrey A DAYSTAR OF FEAR
In the well of the boat his crewman was sorting the night's catch into boxes.
Forsythe, Malcolm THE BOOK LADY
All related terms of 'sorting'
sort
If you talk about a particular sort of something, you are talking about a class of things that have particular features in common and that belong to a larger group of related things.
character
The character of a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places.
sorting code
a sequence of numbers printed on a cheque or embossed on a bank or building-society card that identifies the branch holding the account
sorting office
A sorting office is a place where letters and parcels that have been posted are taken and sorted according to where they are being sent.
re-sort
to sort again
sort out
If you sort out a group of things, you separate them into different classes , groups, or places, for example so that you can do different things with them.