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Definition of sort of in English English dictionary: Approximately; in a way; partially; not quite; somewhat
It sort of makes sense the way he explains it, but I still don't really understand.; slightly, somewhat; rather; to some (great or small) extent; "it was rather cold"; "the party was rather nice"; "the knife is rather dull"; "I rather regret that I cannot attend"; "He's rather good at playing the cello"; "he is kind of shy"
sort: An act of sorting
I had a sort of my cupboard.
sort: To arrange into some order, especially numerically, alphabetically or chronologically
sort: To separate according to certain criteria
sort: group, company
sort: A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style
sort: To fix a problem, to handle a task; to sort out
sort: {n} a kind, species, rank, lot, company, set
sort: {v} to dispose in classes, adjust, suit, fit
sort: a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"
sort: To arrange in sequence by type, class, state, value, etc
sort: To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class
sort: For properties of whole feature structures, e g [/sort (phrasal)] Typeset in a bold version of the current font
sort: Sorts an array in place
sort: to sort the wheat from the chaff: see chaff nothing of the sort: see nothing
sort: an approximate definition or example; "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing" a person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort" an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery it the process of sorting
sort: an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery it the process of sorting
sort: an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery it the process of sorting"
sort: To join or associate with others, esp
sort: A process of organizing the records in a database in a specific order, either alphabetically (from A to Z or reverse alphabetically from Z to A) or numerically (from 0 to 9 or reverse numerically from 9 to 0) (DB, Gr 5)
sort: (database) to set the logical sequence of a given database file (table) Indexes are often used to maintain such sequences
sort: {f} classify, arrange according to classes or groups; organize; separate from others; clarify
sort: An object-oriented programming language, which laid the groundwork of the paradigm to this day, 'object-oriented' style. To arrange in order Ruby can sort anything, not only array, however complex, if only they're countable (Enumerable is included), and the order is (i e <=> is) defined in each element
sort: A general type
sort: an approximate definition or example; "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"
sort: Once the database responds to a query, information can be rearranged through a "sort " A sort can order information by zip code, alphabetically, numerically, by date, etc
sort: Sorting is basically "ordering" records or citations by the contents of a particular field You could sort all the cases in your datafile, for instance, chronologically (this would be a sort on the Year field), or by the primary keyword (this would be a sort on the Keyword field; records or citations would be sorted by the first term in the keyword field
sort: examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"
sort: All sorts of things or people means a large number of different things or people. There are all sorts of animals, including bears, pigs, kangaroos, and penguins Self-help groups of all sorts have been running for more than 20 years
sort: a software feature you use to sort or arrange information in a certain order such as alphabetic or numeric
sort: To choose from a number; to select; to cull
sort: Letters, figures, points, marks, spaces, or quadrats, belonging to a case, separately considered
sort: Sort refers to the function of putting records in a certain order For example, you could sort records alphabetically by last name
sort: with others of the same kind or species; to agree
sort: A person
sort: A kind or species; any number or collection of individual persons or things characterized by the same or like qualities; a class or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of horses; a sort of trees; a sort of poems
sort: sort lines of text files
sort: If you describe something as a thing of sorts or as a thing of a sort, you are suggesting that the thing is of a rather poor quality or standard. He made a living of sorts selling pancakes from a van
sort: A chance group; a company of persons who happen to be together; a troop; also, an assemblage of animals
sort: An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular order
sort: a person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort"
sort: (External) SORT [/R][/+n] < (filename) SORT [/R][/+n] > (filename2) Sorts input and sends it to the screen or to a file
sort: If you talk about a particular sort of something, you are talking about a class of things that have particular features in common and that belong to a larger group of related things. What sort of school did you go to? There are so many different sorts of mushrooms available these days He had a nice, serious sort of smile That's just the sort of abuse that he will be investigating Eddie was playing a game of some sort = type, kind
sort: To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize
sort: vagueness You use sort of when you want to say that your description of something is not very accurate. You could even order windows from a catalogue -- a sort of mail order stained glass service
sort: Condition above the vulgar; rank
sort: The operation of arranging a set of items according to a key that determines the sequence and precedence of items
sort: To place items in order, often in alphabetical or numeric sequence
sort: To arrange the records in a table based on the values in one or more columns
sort: Manner; form of being or acting
sort: Chance; lot; destiny
sort: To arrange records according to a logical system
sort: To reduce to order from a confused state
sort: A pair; a set; a suit
sort: If you sort things, you separate them into different classes, groups, or places, for example so that you can do different things with them. The students are sorted into three ability groups He unlatched the box and sorted through the papers I sorted the laundry
sort: {i} type, kind; character, manner, quality
sort: You describe someone as a particular sort when you are describing their character. He seemed to be just the right sort for the job She was a very vigorous sort of person What sort of men were they? = type, kind
sort: If you get a problem or the details of something sorted, you do what is necessary to solve the problem or organize the details. I'm trying to get my script sorted = sort out
sort: To arrange data within a database to a predetermined set of criteria
sort: To rearrange rows of data in an order The order can be alphabetical, numerical, or based on a custom list
sort: to arrange items in an order based on a property, like Name or Date modified
sort: To conform; to adapt; to accommodate
sort: The arrangement of items in an order with respect to some variable, but not the variable or the items you originally had in mind A method of scrambling the contents of a disk See Encode and Dump
sort: To arrange data within a spreadsheet to a predetermined set of criteria
sort: To arrange information in an order, such as alphabetic, numeric, size or date order
sort: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
sort: An operation that arranges data into a particular sequence
sort: To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions, as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths according to their colors; to sort wool or thread according to its fineness
sort: Originally an individual piece of metal type In the world of digital type, where letters have no physical existence until printed, sort has become almost synonymous with character That is, it may refer to the pattern or idea instead of its physical incarnation

sort of

Turkish pronunciation

sôrt ıv

Synonyms

sorta, kind of

Pronunciation

/ˈsôrt əv/ /ˈsɔːrt əv/

Etymology

[ 'sort ] (noun.) 14th century. From a reanalysis of "sort of" in a phrase such as "a sort of merry dance" from noun ("sort") and preposition ("of") from the prepositional phrase "of merry dance" to adverb modifying "merry".