1. A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
   "What sort of music do you prefer?";
   - kind, form, variety
    
2. An operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
   "The database performed a sort on the customer names";
   - sorting
    
3. An approximate definition or example
   "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"
    
4. A person of a particular character or nature
   "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort"

1. Arrange or order by classes or categories
   "How would you sort these pottery shards—are they prehistoric?";
   - classify, class, assort, sort out, separate
    
2. Examine in order to test suitability
   "sort these samples";
   - screen, screen out, sieve
    
3. [informal] Resolve or deal with a problem or difficult situation
   "The problem was sorted by the end of the day"; "They managed to sort their differences";
   - sort out [informal]

Sounds like: sorrels, sa, sort

Derived forms: sorts, sorting, sorted

Type of: categorise [Brit], categorize, category, choose, individual, mortal, operation, person, pick out, select, similarity, somebody, someone, soul, take

Encyclopedia: Sort, Lleida