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Definitions and meaning of sort
sort
Pronunciation
(UK) enPR: sôrt, IPA(key): /sɔːt/
(US) enPR: sôrt, IPA(key): /sɔɹt/
Rhymes: -ɔːt, -ɔɹt
Homophone: sought(in non-rhotic accents)
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishsort, soort, sorte (= Dutchsoort, GermanSorte, Danishsort, Swedishsort), borrowed from Old Frenchsorte(“class, kind”), from Latinsortem, accusative form of sors(“lot, fate, share, rank, category”).
Noun
sort (pluralsorts)
A general type.
Manner; form of being or acting.
(obsolete) Condition above the vulgar; rank.
(informal) A person evaluated in a certain way (bad, good, strange, etc.).
(dated) Group, company.
(British, informal) A good-looking woman.
An act of sorting.
(computing) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.
(typography) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
(mathematics) A type.
(obsolete) Chance; lot; destiny.
(obsolete) A full set of anything, such as a pair of shoes, or a suit of clothes.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:sort.
Synonyms
(type):genre, genus, kind, type, variety
(person):character, individual, person, type
(act of sorting):sort-out
(in computing): sort algorithm, sorting algorithm
(typography):glyph, type
See also Thesaurus:class
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle Englishsorten, from Old Frenchsortir(“to allot, sort”), from Latinsortīre(“draw lots, divide, choose”), from sors.
Verb
sort (third-person singular simple presentsorts, present participlesorting, simple past and past participlesorted)
(transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.
Synonyms:categorize, class, classify, group
(transitive) To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
Synonyms:order, rank
(transitive) To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
(transitive, obsolete) To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.
(transitive, obsolete) To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
(intransitive) To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
(intransitive) To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
(British, colloquial, transitive) To fix (a problem) or handle (a task).
Synonym:sort out
(British, colloquial, transitive) To attack physically.
Synonym:sort out
(transitive) To geld.
Usage notes
In British sense “to fix a problem”, often used in constructions like “I’ll get you sorted” or “Now that’s sorted” – in American and Australian usage sort out is used instead.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
“sort”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“sort”, in The Century Dictionary[…], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
References
Anagrams
RTOS, RTOs, TROs, orts, rost, rots, tors
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalansort, from Latinsors, sortem, from Proto-Italic*sortis, from Proto-Indo-European*ser-(“bind”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic)[ˈsɔrt]
IPA(key): (Valencian)[ˈsɔɾt]
Rhymes: -ɔɾt
Noun
sortf (uncountable)
luck
sort amb tot ― good luck with everything
fortune
Derived terms
References
“sort” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“sort”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“sort” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“sort” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norsesvartr(“black”), from Proto-Germanic*swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European*swerd-(“dirty, dark, black”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈsoɐ̯d̥]
Adjective
sort
black (color/colour)
under the table; done in secret so as to avoid taxation
Inherited from Old Frenchsort, from Latinsortem, from Proto-Italic*sortis, from Proto-Indo-European*ser-(“to bind”). Cf. also the borrowed doublet sorte.
Noun
sortm (pluralsorts)
fate, destiny (consequences or effects predetermined by past events or a divine will)
Je suis tombé amoureux de lui depuis le premier jour où je l’ai vu. C’était le sort. ― I fell in love with him since the first day I laid eyes on him. It was destiny.
lot (something used in determining a question by chance)
spell (magical incantation)
Usage notes
Abstract nouns (a noun denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object) in French [and other Romance languages] use definite articles prior to the noun—unlike English. I.e. C'était lesort qui nous a réunis = It was fate that brought us together.
Derived terms
Related terms
sorcier
sorte
sortir
Etymology 2
See sortir.
Verb
sort
third-person singular present indicative of sortir
Further reading
“sort”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian
Alternative forms
sord(alternative orthography)
Etymology
From Latinsurdus.
Adjective
sort
deaf
Related terms
sordine
See also
mut
Hungarian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈʃort]
Rhymes: -ort
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Englishshorts.
Noun
sort (pluralsortok)
shorts (pants worn primarily in the summer that do not go lower than the knees)
Declension
Synonyms
rövidnadrág
Etymology 2
sor + -t
Noun
sort
accusative singular of sor
Derived terms
sort kerít
References
Norman
Etymology
From Old Frenchsort, from Latinsors, sortem.
Noun
sortm (pluralsorts)
(Jersey) fate
Synonyms
destinné(“fate, destiny”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Danishsort, from Old Danishsort, swort, swart, from Old Norsesvartr, from Proto-Germanic*swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European*swordo-(“dirty, dark, black”).
sort in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
sort in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Frenchsorte.
Noun
sortn (pluralsorturi)
sort, kind, variety
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Frenchsorte.
Pronunciation
Noun
sortc
kind, sort
Usage notes
"A/<count> kind(s) of X" is expressed as "en/<count> sort(er)s X," and "what kind(s) of X" as "vad för sorts X."
Though traditionally considered incorrect, many native speakers will intuitively let the noun after "sorts" determine the gender rather than "sort," for example saying "ett sorts hus" rather than "en sorts hus." See this question to Språket on Sveriges Radio.
Declension
Synonyms
slag
Derived terms
Related terms
sortera
sortiment
See also
sorts
References
sort in Svensk ordbok (SO)
sort in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
sort in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
sort in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)