sort

IPA: sˈɔrt

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.
(Britain, 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.

(transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.
(transitive) To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
(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.
(Britain, colloquial, transitive) To fix (a problem) or handle (a task).
(Britain, colloquial, transitive) To attack physically.
(transitive) To geld.

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