re-sort

See also: resort and Resort

English

Alternative forms

• resort (deprecated)

Etymology

From re- +‎ sort.

Verb

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

2. (transitive, intransitive) To repeat a sorting process; sort again.

   Coordinate terms: refilter; regrade, reclassify; reseparate; resieve, resift

   • 2026 August 21, Unnati Chaudhary, “Dhangadhi turns waste into business, but faces growing challenges”, in Nepal News‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 August 2026, Feature:

     Until a few years ago, the lack of waste management made the Dhangadhi market foul-smelling. Today, it is relatively clean. A system that regularly collects waste from homes and businesses, enforces household segregation, re-sorts it at a collection center, and sends saleable materials to the market has eased the sub-metropolitan city’s waste management.

Translations

to repeat a sorting process

• Bulgarian: преподреждам (prepodreždam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 重新排列 (chóngxīn páiliè)

• Finnish: uudelleenjärjestää, järjestää uudelleen
• French: retrier (fr)
• Greek: επαναταξινομώ (el) (epanataxinomó)
• Polish: posortować ponownie (pl)
• Portuguese: reordenar
• Spanish: reordenar, realinear, reacomodar
• Swedish: omsortera

Noun

re-sort (plural re-sorts)

1. An act of sorting again.

   Coordinate terms: refiltering; regrading, reclassification; reseparation; resieving, resifting

References

• “re-sort”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Storer, Torres, retros, roster, sorter, storer