Sort

Noun

 * 1) A general type.
 * 2)  group, company.
 * 3)  A person.
 * This guy's a decent sort.
 * 1) An act of sorting.
 * I had a sort of my cupboard
 * 1)  An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular order.
 * 2)  A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.

Synonyms

 * genre, genus, kind, type, variety
 * character, individual, person, type
 * sort-out
 * sort algorithm, sorting algorithm
 * glyph, type
 * See also Thesaurus:class

Derived terms

 * allsorts, all sorts
 * bead sort
 * binary tree sort
 * blort sort
 * bogo-sort
 * bozo sort
 * bubble sort
 * bucket sort
 * cocktail sort
 * comb sort
 * counting sort
 * drunk man sort
 * gnome sort
 * heapsort
 * insertion sort
 * in sort
 * introsort, introspective sort
 * library sort


 * merge sort
 * monkey sort
 * out of sorts
 * pigeonhole sort
 * quicksort
 * radix sort
 * selection sort
 * shell sort
 * smoothsort
 * sorta
 * sort of
 * sort out
 * stochastic sort
 * stupid sort
 * stooge sort

Verb

 * 1)  To separate according to certain criteria.
 * 2)  To arrange into some order, especially numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
 * 3)  To fix a problem, to handle a task; to sort out.

Synonyms

 * categorise/categorize, class, classify, group
 * order, rank

Derived terms

 * sorted
 * sorting
 * sort out

Adjectives for Sort
particular;  unsatisfactory;  enthusiastic; whimsical; barren; vulgar; prophetical; 'stimulating; grossest; truest; meanest; desultory; outspoken; odd.

Thesaurus
adjust, ailing, alphabetize, analyze, appraise, arrange, array, assess, assort, batch, battery, blood, body, body-build, bolt, brand, break down, breed, bulk, cast, catalog, catalogue, categorize, category, character, characteristic, characteristics, characterize, choose, clan, clarify, class, classification, classify, clear up, clutch, codify, collate, color, comb, combine, complexion, composition, constituents, constitution, contradistinguish, crasis, cull, decide, demarcate, demark, denomination, describe, description, designation, dharma, diathesis, differentiate, digest, discriminate, disposition, distinguish, divide, draw the line, enlarge, ethos, evaluate, factor, family, feather, fiber, file, form, frame, gauge, genius, genre, genus, gradate, grade, graduate, grain, group, habit, hue, humor, humors, identify, ilk, index, indisposed, individual, kidney, kin, kind, label, line, list, lot, low, make, makeup, manner, mark, mark the interface, match, measure, merge, mold, mould, nature, number, of a sort, of sorts, order, organize, out of sorts, parcel, person, persuasion, phylum, physique, pick, pick out, pigeonhole, place, property, proportion, put straight, quality, race, range, rank, rate, resolve, riddle, screen, screen out, segregate, select, separate, set, set a limit, set apart, set off, set straight, sever, severalize, shape, sieve, sieve out, sift, sift out, size, solve, somatotype, somewhat, sort of, sort out, species, spirit, split hairs, stamp, stock, straighten out, strain, streak, stripe, style, subdivide, subgenus, subordinate, subspecies, subtilize, suchness, suite, system, systematize, systemize, tabulate, temper, temperament, tendency, tenor, the like of, the likes of, thing, thrash out, throw, tidy up, tone, tribe, type, under the weather, unwell, variety, vein, way, weigh, winnow

Etymology 1
From sorte:, from  root of sors:

Etymology 2
From sortir:, from  sortire:, from sors:

Noun

 * Afrikaans: ,
 * Albanian: ,
 * Armenian: տիպ,
 * Bengali: প্রকার
 * Chinese:
 * Dutch: (sometimes informally n)
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian: ტიპი
 * German:, Sorte
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * German:, Sorte
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
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 * Japanese: ,


 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian: and ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: ,
 * Telugu: రకము
 * Turkish: ,
 * Romanian: and ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: ,
 * Telugu: రకము
 * Turkish: ,
 * Tagalog: ,
 * Telugu: రకము
 * Turkish: ,


 * Afrikaans:
 * Armenian: տիպ
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Russian: (only derogatory)
 * Swedish:


 * Afrikaans: sortering
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , (alphabetically)
 * French:, (but the phrase "to have a sort of" is more idiomatically translated by the verb "trier", to sort, or "ranger", to sort, to tidy)
 * German: v
 * Hebrew: סידור


 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: 並べ替え,
 * Persian: مرتب‌سازی
 * Polish: sortowanie
 * Russian: сортировка
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: sortering
 * Telugu: అమరిక


 * Afrikaans: sorteeralgoritme
 * Finnish: sorttaus
 * French:
 * Hebrew: מיון
 * Japanese:, 並べ替え, ソートアルゴリズム


 * Persian: مرتب‌سازی
 * Russian: алгоритм сортировки (algorítm sortiróvki)
 * Swedish: sorteringsalgoritm


 * German:

Verb

 * Afrikaans: sorteer, kategoriseer, klassifiseer, groepeer
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: סדר, מיין
 * Icelandic: flokka


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 選別する,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: clasifica, împărți
 * Russian: сортировать (sortirovát’), разбирать (razbirát’)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: పేర్చు (paerchu), అమర్చు (amarchu)


 * Afrikaans: sorteer, rangskik
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: järjestama
 * Finnish: järjestää, aakkostaa (alphabetically)
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew: סדר, מיין
 * Italian: mettere in ordine


 * Japanese: 整列する, ソートする
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: مرتب‌سازی
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: sorta, aranja
 * Russian: сортировать (sortirovát’)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: పేర్చు (paerchu), అమర్చు (amarchu)

Anagrams

 * orts, OTRS, rots, RTOS, tors

Noun

 * 1) luck
 * 2) fortune

Adjective

 * 1) black (absorbing all light)

Noun

 * 1) sort, kind
 * 2) quality
 * 3) brand
 * 4)  cultivar

Etymology 1
From svartr:.

Etymology 2
From sorte:, from  sors:.

Noun

 * 1) lot, fate
 * 2) spell magical incantation

Etymology
sors:

Noun

 * 1) shorts (pants worn primarily in the summer that do not go lower than the knees)

Synonyms

 * rövidnadrág

Noun

 * 1) black (colour/color)

Noun
sort


 * 1) sort, kind