sort
1. a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality (Freq. 65)
- sculpture is a form of art
- what kinds of desserts are there?
• Syn:
kind, form, variety
• Hypernyms:
category
• Hyponyms:
description, type, antitype, art form, style,
flavor, flavour, color, colour, species, genus,
brand, make, genre, like, ilk, manner,
model, stripe, the like, the likes of
2. an approximate definition or example (Freq. 2)
- she wore a sort of magenta dress
- she served a creamy sort of dessert thing
• Hypernyms:
similarity
3. a person of a particular character or nature (Freq. 1)
- what sort of person is he?
- he's a good sort
• Hypernyms:
person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
4. an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
- the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting
• Syn:
sorting
• Derivationally related forms:
sort (for: sorting)
• Hypernyms:
operation
1. arrange or order by classes or categories
- How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
• Syn:
classify, class, assort, sort out, separate
• Derivationally related forms:
assortment (for: assort), sorter, sorting, class (for: class), classificatory (for: classify), class (for: classify), classification (for: classify), classifier (for: classify)
• Hypernyms:
categorize, categorise
• Hyponyms:
unitize, unitise, catalogue, catalog, isolate,
refer, reclassify, size, dichotomize, dichotomise, pigeonhole,
stereotype, stamp, group, grade, count, number
• Entailment:
compare
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. examine in order to test suitability
- screen these samples
- screen the job applicants
• Syn:
screen, screen out, sieve
• Derivationally related forms:
screening (for: screen), screener (for: screen)
• Hypernyms:
choose, take, select, pick out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
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