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Sorting

verb
Word Frequency: 4.0

Definitions

1.verbTo separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.
"Sort the letters in those bags into a separate pile for each language."
2.verbTo arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
"Sort those bells into a row in ascending sequence of pitch."
3.verbTo conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
4.verbTo conform; to adapt; to accommodate.
5.verbTo choose from a number; to select; to cull.
6.verbTo join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
7.verbTo suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
8.verbTo fix (a problem) or handle (a task).
9.verbTo attack physically.
"If he comes nosing around here again I'll sort him!"
10.nounOrdering.
11.nounCategorizing.

Synonyms

categorizeclassclassifygrouporderranksort outcategorizationclassificationsortersortationordering

Rhymes With

thwartingcourtingsupportingconsortingsportingcavortingexhortingsnorting
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