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1. sort
noun. ['ˈsɔrt'] a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- sorte (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- sortir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- sortire (Latin)
Rhymes with Sort
- underreport
- transport
- misreport
- teleport
- vanwart
- vancourt
- valcourt
- rancourt
- precourt
- jeancourt
- extort
- distort
- contort
- comport
- support
- report
- purport
- mccourt
- mccort
- laporte
- laforte
- import
- exhort
- escort
- deport
- cavort
- athwart
- zwart
- thwart
- swart
How do you pronounce sort?
Pronounce sort as sɔrt.
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Sentences with sort
1. Noun, singular or mass
This can actually cause a sort of fermentation of the milk and the bacteria, resulting in unpleasant odors.
2. Verb, base form
The hand should sort of glide across the watch face instead of subtly catching as it counts the seconds.
3. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Freelancers must also usually sort out their own tax affairs and pay their own overheads and expenses.
Quotes about sort
1. All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.
- Iris Murdoch
2. We go through the whole season working on next season's car and developing the car and making sure we fit in the car and all that sort of stuff. And we obviously give ideas of what we would hope next year's car would have even if it's small things like buttons on the steering wheel and different positions and whatever.
- Jenson Button
3. I'm an off-the-charts introvert. To me, being around groups of strangers is exhausting. I've had to sort of train myself to think about two tactics: finding common ground and invoking humor.
- Sam Yagan
2. sort
noun. ['ˈsɔrt'] an approximate definition or example.
Antonyms
Etymology
- sorte (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- sortir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- sortire (Latin)
3. sort
noun. ['ˈsɔrt'] a person of a particular character or nature.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- sorte (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- sortir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- sortire (Latin)
4. sort
noun. ['ˈsɔrt'] an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- sorte (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- sortir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- sortire (Latin)
5. sort
verb. ['ˈsɔrt'] arrange or order by classes or categories.
Synonyms
Etymology
- sorte (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- sortir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- sortire (Latin)
6. sort
verb. ['ˈsɔrt'] examine in order to test suitability.
Antonyms
Etymology
- sorte (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- sortir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- sortire (Latin)