sort

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English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Old French sorte (“class, kind”), from Latin root of sors (“lot, fate, share, rank, category”)

Noun [edit]

sort (plural sorts)

  1. A general type.
  2. (dated) group, company.
  3. (informal) A person.
    This guy's a decent sort.
  4. An act of sorting.
    I had a sort of my cupboard
  5. (computing) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular order.
  6. (typography) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
Quotations [edit]
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
non-computer-specific terms derived from "sort"
(computing) Algorithm for sorting a list of items
Translations [edit]
type
person
act of sorting
computing algorithm
(typography) metal type

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Old French sortir (“allot, sort”), from Latin sortire (“draw lots, divide, choose”), from sors

Verb [edit]

sort (third-person singular simple present sorts, present participle sorting, simple past and past participle sorted)

  1. (transitive) To separate according to certain criteria.
  2. (transitive) To arrange into some order, especially numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
  3. (UK) To fix a problem, to handle a task; to sort out.
  4. (intransitive) To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
    • Woodward
      Nor do metals only sort and herd with metals in the earth, and minerals with minerals.
    • Francis Bacon
      The illiberality of parents towards children makes them base, and sort with any company.
  5. (intransitive) To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
    • Francis Bacon
      They are happy whose natures sort with their vocations.
    • Sir Walter Scott
      I cannot tell ye precisely how they sorted.
Usage notes [edit]

In British sense “to fix a problem”, often used in the form “I’ll get you sorted,” or “Now that’s sorted,” – in American usage sort out is used instead.

Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
separate according to certain criteria
arrange in order
fix a problem

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Noun [edit]

sort f (uncountable)

  1. luck
  2. fortune

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Danish [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Old Norse svartr (“black”), from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [soɐ̯d̥]

Adjective [edit]

sort (neuter sort, definite and plural sorte)

  1. black (absorbing all light)

Etymology 2 [edit]

From French sorte (“class, kind”), from Latin sors (“lot, fate”).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [sɒːˀd̥]

Noun [edit]

sort c (singular definite sorten, plural indefinite sorter)

  1. sort, kind
  2. quality
  3. brand
  4. (botany) cultivar
Inflection [edit]
    Inflection of sort
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative sort sorten sorter sorterne
genitive sorts sortens sorters sorternes

French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Latin sors

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

sort m (plural sorts)

  1. lot, fate
  2. spell (magical incantation)

Verb [edit]

sort

  1. third-person singular present indicative of sortir

Hungarian [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈʃort/

Noun [edit]

sort (plural sortok)

  1. shorts (pants worn primarily in the summer that do not go lower than the knees)
  2. accusative singular of sor

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Jèrriais [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin sors, sortem.

Noun [edit]

sort m (plural sorts)

  1. fate

Synonyms [edit]

Norwegian [edit]

Noun [edit]

sort

  1. A sort (general type)

Pronunciation [edit]

Inflection [edit]

    Inflection of sort
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål m sort sorten sorter sortene
Nynorsk m sort sorten sortar sortane

Adjective [edit]

sort

  1. black

Alternative forms [edit]

svart (Bokmål)

Pronunciation [edit]

Inflection [edit]

    Inflection of sort
Bokmål Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Masculine singular sort sorte Comparative sortere Superlative sortest sorteste
Feminine singular sort sorte
Neuter singular sort sorte
Plural sorte sorte

Swedish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

sort c

  1. sort, kind

Declension [edit]

Declension of sort
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sort sorten sorter sorterna
genitive sorts sortens sorters sorternas

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