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Meaning of sort

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sort
      n 1: a category of things distinguished by some common
           characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art";
           "what kinds of desserts are there?" [syn: {kind}, {sort},
           {form}, {variety}]
      2: an approximate definition or example; "she wore a sort of
         magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"
      3: a person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of
         person is he?"; "he's a good sort"
      4: an operation that segregates items into groups according to a
         specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the
         process of sorting" [syn: {sort}, {sorting}]
      v 1: examine in order to test suitability; "screen these
           samples"; "screen the job applicants" [syn: {screen},
           {screen out}, {sieve}, {sort}]
      2: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you
         classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" [syn:
         {classify}, {class}, {sort}, {assort}, {sort out},
         {separate}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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