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      sort
      noun
      A general type.
      (informal) A person evaluated in a certain way.
      (British, Australia, informal) A good-looking woman.
      An act of sorting.
      (computing) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.
      (typography) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
      (mathematics) A type.
      (archaic) Manner, way; form of being or acting.
      (obsolete) Condition above the vulgar; rank.
      (obsolete) Group, company.
      (obsolete) Fate, fortune, destiny.
      (obsolete) Anything used to determine the answer to a question by chance; lot.
      (obsolete) A full set of anything, such as a pair of shoes or a suit of clothes.
      verb
      (transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.
      (transitive) To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
      (transitive) To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
      (intransitive) To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
      (intransitive) To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
      (British, colloquial, transitive) To fix (a problem) or handle (a task).
      (British, colloquial, transitive) To attack physically.
      (transitive) To geld.
      (transitive, obsolete) To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.
      (transitive, obsolete) To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
      Roots
      sorssort- · Latin · lot, fate
      Synonyms for sort
      kindntypenclassifyvassortvformnvarietynilknthingncategorynclassn
      Words related to sort
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      Where does sort come from?

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