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sort
Overview of noun sort
The noun sort has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (65) kind, sort, form, variety -- (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?")
2. (4) sort -- (an approximate definition or example; "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing")
3. (1) sort -- (a person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort")
4. sort, sorting -- (an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery it the process of sorting")
Overview of verb sort
The verb sort has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. screen, screen out, sieve, sort -- (examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants")
2. classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate -- (arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sort
4 senses of sort
Sense 1
kind, sort, form, variety
=> category
=> concept, conception, construct
=> idea, thought
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
sort
=> similarity
=> sameness
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
sort
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
sort, sorting
=> operation
=> data processing
=> processing
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun sort
1 of 4 senses of sort
Sense 1
kind, sort, form, variety
=> description
=> type
=> antitype
=> art form
=> style
=> flavor, flavour
=> color, colour
=> species
=> genus
=> brand, make
=> genre
=> like, ilk
=> manner
=> model
=> stripe
=> like, the like, the likes of
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sort
4 senses of sort
Sense 1
kind, sort, form, variety
=> category
Sense 2
sort
=> similarity
Sense 3
sort
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Sense 4
sort, sorting
=> operation
Antonyms of noun sort
Member Holonyms of noun sort
Substance Holonyms of noun sort
Part Holonyms of noun sort
Member Meronyms of noun sort
Substance Meronyms of noun sort
Part Meronyms of noun sort
Meronyms of noun sort
Holonyms of noun sort
Attributes of noun sort
Derived Forms of noun sort
2 of 4 senses of sort
Sense 1
kind, sort, form, variety
RELATED TO>(verb) sort#2
=> classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
Sense 4
sort, sorting
RELATED TO>(verb) sort#2
=> classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
RELATED TO>(verb) sort#1
=> screen, screen out, sieve, sort
Domain of noun sort
Domain Terms of noun sort
Familiarity of noun sort
sort used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun sort
4 senses of sort
Sense 1
kind, sort, form, variety
> category
=> kind, sort, form, variety
=> pigeonhole
=> rubric
=> way
Sense 2
sort
> similarity
=> approximation
=> homogeny
=> homology
=> homomorphism, homomorphy
=> isomorphism, isomorphy
=> likeness, alikeness, similitude
=> parallelism, correspondence
=> uniformity, uniformness
=> approach
=> sort
=> analogue, analog, parallel
Sense 3
sort
> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> self
=> adult, grownup
=> adventurer, venturer
=> anomaly, unusual person
=> applicant, applier
=> appointee, appointment
=> capitalist
=> captor, capturer
=> changer, modifier
=> color-blind person
=> commoner, common man, common person
=> communicator
=> contestant
=> coward
=> creator
=> disputant, controversialist, eristic
=> engineer, applied scientist, technologist
=> entertainer
=> experimenter
=> expert
=> face
=> female, female person
=> individualist
=> inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller
=> native, indigen, indigene
=> innocent, inexperienced person
=> intellectual, intellect
=> juvenile, juvenile person
=> lover
=> leader
=> male, male person
=> money handler, money dealer
=> national, subject
=> nonreligious person
=> nonworker
=> peer, equal, match, compeer
=> perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder
=> percher
=> precursor, forerunner
=> primitive, primitive person
=> religious person
=> sensualist
=> traveler, traveller
=> unfortunate, unfortunate person
=> unwelcome person, persona non grata
=> unskilled person
=> worker
=> African
=> person of color, person of colour
=> Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid
=> White, white person, Caucasian
=> Amerindian, Native American
=> Slav
=> gentile
=> Jew, Hebrew, Israelite
=> Aries, Ram
=> Taurus, Bull
=> Gemini, Twin
=> Cancer, Crab
=> Leo, Lion
=> Virgo, Virgin
=> Libra, Balance
=> Scorpio, Scorpion
=> Sagittarius, Archer
=> Capricorn, Goat
=> Aquarius, Water Bearer
=> Pisces, Fish
=> abator
=> abjurer
=> abomination
=> abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker
=> achiever, winner, success, succeeder
=> acquaintance, friend
=> acquirer
=> active
=> actor, doer, worker
=> adjudicator
=> admirer
=> adoptee
=> adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister
=> advisee
=> advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
=> affiant
=> agnostic, doubter
=> amateur
=> ancient
=> anti
=> anti-American
=> apprehender
=> appreciator
=> archaist
=> arrogator
=> assessee
=> asthmatic
=> authority
=> autodidact
=> baby boomer, boomer
=> baby buster, buster
=> bad guy
=> bad person
=> baldhead, baldpate, baldy
=> balker, baulker, noncompliant
=> bullfighter, toreador
=> bather
=> beard
=> bedfellow
=> bereaved, bereaved person
=> best, topper
=> biter
=> blogger
=> blond, blonde
=> bluecoat
=> bodybuilder, muscle builder, muscle-builder, musclebuilder, muscleman
=> bomber
=> brunet, brunette
=> buster
=> candidate, prospect
=> cardholder
=> case
=> cashier
=> celebrant, celebrator, celebrater
=> censor
=> chameleon
=> charmer, beguiler
=> child, baby
=> chutzpanik
=> closer
=> clumsy person
=> collector, aggregator
=> combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper
=> complexifier
=> compulsive
=> computer user
=> contemplative
=> convert
=> copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper
=> counter
=> counterterrorist
=> crawler, creeper
=> creature, wight
=> creditor
=> cripple
=> dancer, social dancer
=> dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed
=> deaf person
=> debaser, degrader
=> debtor, debitor
=> defecator, voider, shitter
=> delayer
=> deliverer
=> demander
=> dieter
=> differentiator, discriminator
=> disentangler, unraveler, unraveller
=> dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant
=> divider
=> domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent
=> double, image, look-alike
=> dresser
=> dribbler, driveller, slobberer, drooler
=> drug user, substance abuser, user
=> dyslectic
=> ectomorph
=> effecter, effector
=> Elizabethan
=> emotional person
=> endomorph
=> enjoyer
=> enrollee
=> ethnic
=> explorer, adventurer
=> extrovert, extravert
=> faddist
=> faller
=> fastener
=> fiduciary
=> first-rater
=> follower
=> free agent, free spirit, freewheeler
=> friend
=> fugitive, runaway, fleer
=> gainer
=> gainer, weight gainer
=> gambler
=> gatekeeper
=> gatherer
=> good guy
=> good person
=> granter
=> greeter, saluter, welcomer
=> grinner
=> groaner
=> grunter
=> guesser
=> handicapped person
=> hater
=> heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straight
=> homosexual, homophile, homo, gay
=> homunculus
=> hope
=> hoper
=> huddler
=> hugger
=> immune
=> insured, insured person
=> interpreter
=> introvert
=> Jat
=> jewel, gem
=> jumper
=> killer, slayer
=> relative, relation
=> kink
=> kneeler
=> knocker
=> knower, apprehender
=> large person
=> Latin
=> laugher
=> learner, scholar, assimilator
=> left-hander, lefty, southpaw
=> life
=> lightning rod
=> linguist, polyglot
=> literate, literate person
=> liver
=> longer, thirster, yearner
=> loose cannon
=> machine
=> mailer
=> malcontent
=> man
=> manipulator
=> man jack
=> married
=> masturbator, onanist
=> measurer
=> nonmember
=> mesomorph
=> mestizo, ladino
=> middlebrow
=> miracle man, miracle worker
=> misogamist
=> mixed-blood
=> modern
=> monolingual
=> mother hen
=> mouse
=> mutilator, maimer, mangler
=> namer
=> namesake
=> neglecter
=> neighbor, neighbour
=> neutral
=> nondescript
=> nonparticipant
=> nonpartisan, nonpartizan
=> nonperson, unperson
=> nonresident
=> nonsmoker
=> nude, nude person
=> nurser
=> occultist
=> optimist
=> orphan
=> ostrich
=> ouster, ejector
=> outcaste
=> outdoorsman
=> owner, possessor
=> pamperer, spoiler, coddler, mollycoddler
=> pansexual
=> pardoner, forgiver, excuser
=> partner
=> party
=> passer
=> personage
=> personification
=> perspirer, sweater
=> philosopher
=> picker, chooser, selector
=> pisser, urinator
=> planner, contriver, deviser
=> posturer
=> powderer
=> preserver
=> propositus
=> public relations person
=> pursuer
=> pussycat
=> quarter
=> quitter
=> radical
=> realist
=> rectifier
=> redhead, redheader, red-header, carrottop
=> registrant
=> reliever, allayer, comforter
=> repeater
=> rescuer, recoverer, saver
=> rester
=> restrainer, controller
=> revenant
=> rich person, wealthy person, have
=> right-hander, right hander, righthander
=> riser
=> romper
=> roundhead
=> ruler, swayer
=> rusher
=> scientist, man of science
=> scratcher
=> second-rater, mediocrity
=> seeder, cloud seeder
=> seeker, searcher, quester
=> segregate
=> sentimentalist, romanticist
=> sex object
=> shaker, mover and shaker
=> showman
=> signer, signatory
=> simpleton, simple
=> six-footer
=> skidder, slider, slipper
=> slave
=> slave
=> sleepyhead
=> sloucher
=> small person
=> smasher
=> smiler
=> sneezer
=> sniffer
=> sniffler, sniveler
=> snuffer
=> snuffler
=> socializer, socialiser
=> sort
=> sounding board
=> sphinx
=> spitter, expectorator
=> sport
=> sprawler
=> spurner
=> squinter, squint-eye
=> stifler, smotherer
=> stigmatic, stigmatist
=> stooper
=> struggler
=> subject, case, guinea pig
=> supernumerary
=> surrenderer, yielder
=> survivalist
=> survivor
=> suspect
=> tagger
=> tagger
=> tapper
=> tempter
=> termer
=> terror, scourge, threat
=> testator, testate
=> thin person, skin and bones, scrag
=> third-rater
=> thrower
=> tiger
=> totemist
=> toucher
=> transfer, transferee
=> transsexual, transexual
=> transvestite, cross-dresser
=> trier, attempter, essayer
=> turner
=> tyrant
=> undoer, opener, unfastener, untier
=> user
=> vanisher
=> victim, dupe
=> Victorian
=> visionary
=> visually impaired person
=> waiter
=> waker
=> walk-in
=> wanter, needer
=> ward
=> warrior
=> watcher
=> weakling, doormat, wuss
=> wiggler, wriggler, squirmer
=> winker
=> withholder
=> witness
=> worldling
=> yawner
Sense 4
sort, sorting
> operation
=> access, memory access
=> asynchronous operation
=> auxiliary operation, off-line operation
=> boolean operation, binary operation, binary arithmetic operation
=> computer operation, machine operation
=> concurrent operation
=> control operation, control function
=> dyadic operation
=> fixed-cycle operation
=> logic operation, logical operation
=> monadic operation, unary operation
=> multiplex operation
=> parallel operation, simultaneous operation
=> printing operation
=> search, lookup
=> serial operation, sequential operation, consecutive operation
=> sort, sorting
=> synchronous operation
=> threshold operation
Meronyms of noun sort
4 senses of sort
Sense 3
sort
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 4
sort, sorting
=> operation
=> data processing
HAS PART: execution, instruction execution
Holonyms of noun sort
Grep of noun sort
consort
holiday resort
honeymoon resort
last resort
prince consort
queen consort
resort
ski resort
sort
sort program
sorter
sortie
sorting
sorting algorithm
sorting program
sortition
Antonyms of verb sort
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sort
2 senses of sort
Sense 1
screen, screen out, sieve, sort
=> choose, take, select, pick out
=> decide, make up one's mind, determine
Sense 2
classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
=> categorize, categorise
=> reason
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sort
1 of 2 senses of sort
Sense 2
classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
=> unitize, unitise
=> catalogue, catalog
=> isolate
=> refer
=> reclassify
=> size
=> dichotomize, dichotomise
=> pigeonhole, stereotype, stamp
=> group
=> grade
=> count, number
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sort
2 senses of sort
Sense 1
screen, screen out, sieve, sort
=> choose, take, select, pick out
Sense 2
classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
=> categorize, categorise
'Cause To' of verb sort
Derived Forms of verb sort
2 senses of sort
Sense 1
screen, screen out, sieve, sort
RELATED TO>(noun) sort#4
=> sort, sorting
Sense 2
classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
RELATED TO>(noun) sort#1
=> kind, sort, form, variety
RELATED TO>(noun) sort#4
=> sort, sorting
RELATED TO>(noun) sorter#1
=> sorter
RELATED TO>(noun) sorter#2
=> sorter
RELATED TO>(noun) sorting#1
=> sort, sorting
RELATED TO>(noun) sorting#3
=> sorting
Domain of verb sort
Domain Terms of verb sort
Familiarity of verb sort
sort used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb sort
2 senses of sort
Sense 1
screen, screen out, sieve, sort
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb sort
2 senses of sort
Sense 1
screen, screen out, sieve, sort
> choose, take, select, pick out
=> empanel, impanel, panel
=> anoint
=> field
=> sieve, sift
=> draw
=> dial
=> plump, go
=> pick
=> elect
=> excerpt, extract, take out
=> cull out, winnow
=> cream off, skim off
=> sieve out, pick over
=> assign, specify, set apart
=> single out
=> think of
=> specify, set, determine, fix, limit
=> adopt, follow, espouse
=> screen, screen out, sieve, sort
=> vote in
=> elect
=> nominate, propose
=> vote
=> side, go with
Sense 2
classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
> categorize, categorise
=> classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb sort
Sense 1
screen, screen out, sieve, sort
=> choose, take, select, pick out
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Sense 2
classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
=> categorize, categorise
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Grep of verb sort
assort
consort
resort
sort
sort out
Grep of adj sort
sorted
Grep of adv sort
sort of
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