Sort (Noun)
Meaning 1
A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?".
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Brand
- Type
- Genre
- Antitype
- Style
- Stripe
- Like
- Manner
- Model
- Description
- Art Form
- The Likes Of
- Genus
- Color
- Species
- Flavor
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Meaning 2
A person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort".
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Hypernyms
Meaning 3
An approximate definition or example; "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing".
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Meaning 4
An operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.