English to English noun
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a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality | Example:
• sculpture is a form of art • what kinds of desserts are there?
source: wordnet30
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an approximate definition or example | Example:
• she wore a sort of magenta dress • she served a creamy sort of dessert thing
source: wordnet30
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a person of a particular character or nature | Example:
• what sort of person is he? • he's a good sort
source: wordnet30
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an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion | Example:
• the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting
source: wordnet30 source: webster1913
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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. | source: webster1913 verb
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examine in order to test suitability | Example:
• screen these samples • screen the job applicants
source: wordnet30
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arrange or order by classes or categories | Example:
• How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
source: wordnet30
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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. | source: webster1913
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To join or associate with others, esp. with others of the same kind or species; to agree. | source: webster1913
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