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sort
[ sawrt ]
noun
- a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
to develop a new sort of painting;
nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
- character, quality, or nature:
young people of a nice sort.
- an example of something that is undistinguished or barely adequate:
He is a sort of poet.
- manner, fashion, or way:
We spoke in this sort for several minutes.
- Printing.
- any of the individual characters making up a font of type.
- characters of a particular font that are rarely used.
- an instance of sorting.
verb (used with object)
- to arrange according to sort, kind, or class; separate into sorts; classify:
to sort socks;
to sort eggs by grade.
- to separate or take from other sorts or from others (often followed by out ): to sort out the children's socks.
to sort the good from the bad;
to sort out the children's socks.
- to assign to a particular class, group, or place (often followed by with, together, etc.):
to sort people together indiscriminately.
- Scot. to provide with food and shelter.
- Computers. to place (records) in order, as numerical or alphabetical, based on the contents of one or more keys contained in each record. Compare key 1( def 19 ).
verb (used without object)
- Archaic. to suit; agree; fit.
- British Dialect. to associate, mingle, or be friendly.
sort
/ 蝉蓴藧迟 /
noun
- a class, group, kind, etc, as distinguished by some common quality or characteristic
- informal.type of character, nature, etc
he's a good sort
- a more or less definable or adequate example
it's a sort of review
- often plural printing any of the individual characters making up a fount of type
- archaic.manner; way
in this sort we struggled home
- after a sortto some extent
- of sorts or of a sort
- of an inferior kind
- of an indefinite kind
- out of sortsnot in normal good health, temper, etc
- sort of informal.
- adverb in some way or other; as it were; rather
- sentence substitute used to express reservation or qualified assent
I鈥檓 only joking. Sort of
verb
- tr to arrange according to class, type, etc
- tr to put (something) into working order
- tr to arrange (computer information) by machine in an order convenient to the computer user
- informal.trfoll bywith to supply, esp with drugs
- archaic.intr; foll by with, together, etc to associate, as on friendly terms
- archaic.intr to agree; accord
Usage Note
Usage
Derived Forms
- 藞蝉辞谤迟补产濒别, adjective
- 藞蝉辞谤迟别谤, noun
- 藞蝉辞谤迟补产濒测, adverb
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蝉辞谤迟顎僡路产濒别 adjective
- 蝉辞谤迟顎僡路产濒测 adverb
- 蝉辞谤迟顎侥谤 noun
- 尘颈蝉路蝉辞谤迟顎 verb
- 蝉耻产顎僺辞谤迟顎 noun
- 蝉耻产路蝉辞谤迟顎 verb
- sub路蝉辞谤迟顎侥谤 noun
- 耻苍顎僤别谤路蝉辞谤迟顎 verb (used with object)
- 耻苍路蝉辞谤迟顎 verb (used with object)
- un路蝉辞谤迟顎僡路产濒别 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of sort1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of sort1
Idioms and Phrases
- of sorts, Also of a sort.
- of a mediocre or poor kind:
a tennis player of sorts.
- of one sort or another; of an indefinite kind.
- out of sorts,
- in low spirits; depressed.
- in poor health; indisposed; ill.
- in a bad temper; irritable:
to be out of sorts because of the weather.
- Printing. short of certain characters of a font of type.
Their conversation was sort of tiresome.
More idioms and phrases containing sort
see after a fashion (sort) ; all kinds (sorts) of ; bad sort ; it takes all sorts ; kind (sort) of ; nothing of the kind (sort) ; of sorts ; out of sorts .Example Sentences
"I would rather have this sort of feedback any day of the week," Mitchell told BBC Sport.
"Klopp was a sort of god who changed the club - not just on the pitch but the whole atmosphere," says Westerveld.
Everton's Jordan Pickford is rightly established as England's first choice, but Palace goalkeeper Henderson gave the sort of mature display on the big stage that confirms he will provide the sternest competition.
Those are sort of my areas of interest and of ability.
"You're watching yourself get personally ripped apart, criticised, accused of all sorts of stuff over and over again. You're thinking, "This isn't true.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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