The meaning of SORT is a group set up on the basis of any characteristic in common : class, kind. How to use sort in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Sort.
1. To place or arrange according to class, kind, or size; classify: sorted the books into boxes by genre. See Synonyms at arrange. 2. To separate from others: sort the wheat from the chaff.
If you talk about a particular sort of something, you are talking about a class of things that have particular features in common and that belong to a larger group of related things.
sort (sôrt), n. a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
SORT definition: a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature. See examples of sort used in a sentence.
Though traditionally considered incorrect, many native speakers will intuitively let the noun after sorts determine the gender rather than sort, for example saying "ett sorts hus " rather than "en sorts hus".
1. To place or arrange according to class, kind, or size; classify: sorted the books into boxes by genre. See Synonyms at arrange. 2. To separate from others: sort the wheat from the chaff.