Unscramble sort

Definition of sort

noun:

• a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art", "what kinds of desserts are there?". Synonyms: form, kind, variety.
• an approximate definition or example; "she wore a sort of magenta dress", "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing".
• a person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?", "he's a good sort".
• an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting". Synonyms: sorting.

verb:

• examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples", "screen the job applicants". Synonyms: screen, screen out, sieve.
• arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?". Synonyms: assort, class, classify, separate, sort out.

Related words

antitype, brand, catalog, catalogue, color, colour, count, description, dichotomise, dichotomize, flavor, flavour, genre, genus, grade, group, ilk, isolate, like, make, manner, model, number, pigeonhole, reclassify, refer, size, species, stamp, stereotype, stripe, style, type, unitise, unitize.

Words nearby

fort, oort, port, short, snort, soft, soot, sorb, sore, sot, sport, tort, wort.

Rhymes with

abort, assort, athwart, cavort, comport, consort, contort, court, ct, deport, distort, escort, exhort, extort, fort, forte, import, port, porte, purport.