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Word: sort (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A general type.
  • An act of sorting.
  • computing An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular order.
  • dated group, company.
  • informal A person.
  • typography A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.

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Verb:

  • British To fix a problem, to handle a task; to sort out.
  • transitive To arrange into some order, especially numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
  • transitive To criteria.

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