sort
VERB:
1. (tr) to arrange according to sort, kind, or class; separate into sorts; classify:
to sort socks; to sort eggs by grade.
2. (tr) to separate or take from other sorts or from others (often followed by out):
to sort the good from the bad; to sort out the children's socks.
3. (tr) to assign to a particular class, group, or place (often followed by with, together, etc.):
to sort people together indiscriminately.
4. (tr) to arrange according to class, type, etc.
5. (tr) to put (something) into working order.
6. (tr) (tr) to arrange (computer information) by machine in an order convenient to the computer user.
7. (tr foll by with) informal to supply, esp with drugs.
8. (intr; foll by with, together, etc) archaic, or dialect to associate, as on friendly terms.
9. (tr) to put in a certain place or rank according to kind, class, or nature:
sort apples; sort mail.
10. (tr) to arrange according to characteristics : classify —usually used with out:
sort out colors.
11. (tr) to examine in order to clarify —used with out:
sorting out his problems.
12. (tr) to free of confusion; clarify —used with out:
waited until things sorted themselves out.
13. (intr) to join or associate with others especially of the same kind:
sort with thieves.
14. (intr) agree, harmonize:
his benign view sorts badly with reality —Henry Trewhitt.
15. (intr) search:
sort through some old papers.
archaic:
1. (intr) to suit; agree; fit.
2. (intr) to agree; accord.
British Dialect:
(intr) to associate, mingle, or be friendly.
of computers:
(tr) to place (records) in order, as numerical or alphabetical, based on the contents of one or more keys contained in each record.
Compare key.
Scottish:
(tr) to provide with food and shelter.
chiefly Scotland:
to put to rights; put in order.
Origin:
First recorded in 1200–50; (noun) Middle English (noun) from Middle French sorte, from Medieval Latin sort- (stem of sors ) “kind, allotted status or portion, lot,” Latin: originally, “voter's lot;” Middle English (verb) sorten “to allot, arrange, assort” (from Middle French sortir ), from Latin sortīrī “to draw lots,” derivative of sors; later senses influenced by the noun and by assort. British dictionary: C14: from Old French, from Medieval Latin sors kind, from Latin: fate. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of sort: Noun: 14th century. Verb: 14th century. History and Etymology for sort: Noun: Middle English, from Anglo-French, fate, lot, characteristic, from Latin sort-, sors lot, share, category — more at series. —Merriam-Webster.
See usage note for sort at Dictionary.com.*
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 18 September 2020 {2:33 PM}
1. (tr) to arrange according to sort, kind, or class; separate into sorts; classify:
to sort socks; to sort eggs by grade.
2. (tr) to separate or take from other sorts or from others (often followed by out):
to sort the good from the bad; to sort out the children's socks.
3. (tr) to assign to a particular class, group, or place (often followed by with, together, etc.):
to sort people together indiscriminately.
4. (tr) to arrange according to class, type, etc.
5. (tr) to put (something) into working order.
6. (tr) (tr) to arrange (computer information) by machine in an order convenient to the computer user.
7. (tr foll by with) informal to supply, esp with drugs.
8. (intr; foll by with, together, etc) archaic, or dialect to associate, as on friendly terms.
9. (tr) to put in a certain place or rank according to kind, class, or nature:
sort apples; sort mail.
10. (tr) to arrange according to characteristics : classify —usually used with out:
sort out colors.
11. (tr) to examine in order to clarify —used with out:
sorting out his problems.
12. (tr) to free of confusion; clarify —used with out:
waited until things sorted themselves out.
13. (intr) to join or associate with others especially of the same kind:
sort with thieves.
14. (intr) agree, harmonize:
his benign view sorts badly with reality —Henry Trewhitt.
15. (intr) search:
sort through some old papers.
archaic:
1. (intr) to suit; agree; fit.
2. (intr) to agree; accord.
British Dialect:
(intr) to associate, mingle, or be friendly.
of computers:
(tr) to place (records) in order, as numerical or alphabetical, based on the contents of one or more keys contained in each record.
Compare key.
Scottish:
(tr) to provide with food and shelter.
chiefly Scotland:
to put to rights; put in order.
Origin:
First recorded in 1200–50; (noun) Middle English (noun) from Middle French sorte, from Medieval Latin sort- (stem of sors ) “kind, allotted status or portion, lot,” Latin: originally, “voter's lot;” Middle English (verb) sorten “to allot, arrange, assort” (from Middle French sortir ), from Latin sortīrī “to draw lots,” derivative of sors; later senses influenced by the noun and by assort. British dictionary: C14: from Old French, from Medieval Latin sors kind, from Latin: fate. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of sort: Noun: 14th century. Verb: 14th century. History and Etymology for sort: Noun: Middle English, from Anglo-French, fate, lot, characteristic, from Latin sort-, sors lot, share, category — more at series. —Merriam-Webster.
See usage note for sort at Dictionary.com.*
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 18 September 2020 {2:33 PM}