sort

sort · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (noun) A category of things or people with a common feature.

  2. 2.

    (noun, informal) A person of a specified type.

  3. 3.

    (verb) To arrange systematically according to type or quality.

  4. 4.

    (verb, informal) To resolve or deal with.

Forms

plural: sorts

Related words

See also: kind, organize, type
Synonyms: category, kind, type, variety

Etymology

From Old French sorte ("class, kind"), from Latin sors (genitive sortis) ("lot, fate, share, rank"), from Proto-Indo-European ser- ("to line up"). The original meaning related to drawing lots to determine fate or rank.