sort (original) (raw)
sort noun (TYPE)
sort of We both like the same sort of music.
of some sort I'm going to have a salad of some sort.
What sort of shoes will I need?
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- sortWhat sort of clothes do you like to wear?
- kindWhat kind of job are you looking for?
- typeHe's the type of man who never listens to what you're saying.
- formSwimming is the best form of exercise.
- varietyThe article was about the different varieties of Spanish spoken in South America.
- categoryThere are three categories of hotel room - standard, executive, and deluxe.
your sort
your sort of Hmm, this is my sort of wine!
(and) that sort of thing B1 informal
used to show that what you have just said is only an example from a much larger group of things:
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- He struck me as an affable sort of a man.
- There was some sort of property deal that didn't come off.
- He hates physical contact of any sort - he doesn't even like to shake your hand.
- What sort of music do you like dancing to?
- His condition was diagnosed as some sort of blood disorder.
sort noun (PERSON)
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Idioms
sort verb (ORDER)
sort something into something I'm going to sort these old books into those to be kept and those to be thrown away.
sort (through) She found the ring while sorting (through) some clothes.
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- arrangeThe books are arranged in alphabetical order.
- orderThe names are ordered alphabetically.
- sortTen million pieces of mail are sorted every day.
- organizeHe liked to organize his herbs and spices alphabetically in the cabinet.
- lay outHe laid the playing cards out in a precise circle.
- set outShe was setting out the usual platter of cheese sandwiches.
sort verb (DEAL WITH)
get something sorted We must get the phone sorted soon.
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- In all seriousness now - joking aside - I do think there's a problem here that we've got to get sorted.
- I need to get tomorrow's food sorted.
- At least that's Sam's birthday present sorted.
- The plumber came and got the leak sorted.
- I need to get my bike sorted.
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Phrasal verbs
your sort
phrase
your sort of Hmm, this is my sort of wine!
(Definition of sort from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
sort | American Dictionary
sort noun [C] (TYPE)
Idiom
sort verb [I/T] (PUT IN ORDER)
Phrasal verb
(Definition of sort from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of sort
sort
What sort of disputes did ordinary people bring to court?
The reasonable person standard enjoys a certain sort of objectivity, insofar as it protects people from each other.
First, what sorts of representations are being aligned; and second, how is this alignment achieved?
There remained the question of what sort of behaviour the model should produce.
The exercise of a technical skill requires a very narrow sort of judgment, which identifies an end and applies well-defined techniques towards its realization.
A synthesis of this sort inevitably builds on the available materials.
It takes that sort of time for things that are under your eyes to become disposable within culture.
She reported eating all sorts of things she should not have.
Unlike the first, where relationships had been built and some healing and closure was possible, nothing of the sort occurred in this case.
This might not have been the sort of reform that the modernists, wanted, but ' church reform ' it was.
But perhaps they experience a certain perverse sense of satisfaction, a distorted sort of pleasure.
But perhaps this isn't information of the right sort.
This is perhaps inevitable in an exercise of this sort.
This is precisely the sort of attractor behaviour we require.
It is a useful collection of information for those who are prepared to sort through it.
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Collocations with sort
These are words often used in combination with sort.
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A different sort of question about inequalities is the following.
An unresponsive infant with some sort of anomaly would make it more difficult for a caregiver to adopt an effective socialization strategy.
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