sorting

§English

§Verb

sorting

1. Present participle of sort.

§Noun

Wikipedia

sorting (plural sortings)

1. ​Ordering.
2. ​Categorizing.
   • 2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30: 

     Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.

§Translations

ordering

• Czech: třídění n

• Macedonian: подредување n (podredúvanje)

categorizing

• Czech: kategorizace f, třídění n

• Japanese: 選別 (senbetsu)
• Macedonian: сортирање n (sortíranje)

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• French: ^{(please verify)} classement, ^{(please verify)} classification

§Anagrams

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