A group of persons or things of the same general character; a kind.
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A person; an individual: The clerk is a decent sort.
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A way of acting or behaving.
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An act or instance of sorting: did a sort on the columns of data.
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Character or nature: books of all sorts.
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idiom
After a sort In a haphazard or imperfect way: managed to paint the chair after a sort.
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Out of sorts Irritable; cross: The teacher is out of sorts this morning.
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Out of sorts Slightly ill.
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Sort of Informal Somewhat; rather: "Gambling and prostitution . . . have been prohibited, but only sort of” ( George F. Will).
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Sorts Of a mediocre or inferior kind: a constitutional government of a sort.
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verb-transitive
To arrange according to class, kind, or size; classify. See Synonyms at arrange.
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To clarify by going over mentally: She tried to sort out her problems.
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To separate from others: sort out the wheat from the chaff.
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verb
To join or associate with others especially of the same kind .
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To free of confusion .
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To examine in order to clarify .
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To put to rights put in order.
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To arrange according to characteristics .
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