1. A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
   - kind, form, variety 
2. An approximate definition or example
   "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing" 
3. A person of a particular character or nature
   "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort" 
4. An operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
   - sorting

1. Examine in order to test suitability
   - screen, screen out, sieve 
2. Arrange or order by classes or categories
   - classify, class, assort, sort out, separate

Sounds like: sought

Derived forms: sorted, sorts, sorting

See also: sorter, sorting

Type of: categorise [Brit], categorize, category, choose, individual, mortal, operation, person, pick out, select, similarity, somebody, someone, soul, take

Encyclopedia: Sort Sort, Catalonia Sort, Lleida

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