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[sawrt] / sɔrt /

NOUN

type, variety

Synonyms

STRONGEST

array character description kind lot nature number quality set style

STRONG

batch battery body brand breed category class clutch denomination family genus group ilk likes make order parcel race species stamp stripe suite

WEAK

likes of

Antonyms

STRONG

individual one

VERB

place in order

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrange catalogue categorize comb cull separate sift

STRONG

assort choose class classify distribute divide file grade group order peg pick pigeonhole rank riddle screen select systematize tab typecast winnow

WEAK

button down put down as put down for put in order put in shape put to rights size up

Antonyms

STRONG

collect disarrange disorder disorganize gather hold keep maintain mix up refuse reject scatter

Example Sentences

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Officials with the same rank are sorted by how their names are written—starting with the number of strokes in their surname, in ascending order.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We were mostly starting from square one, and that threw up all sorts of challenges, but also joyful surprises," he said.

From BBC

"Many people, in good faith, misconstrue what I'm saying, and they think I'm trying to do a sort of come-on to the camera. And I really am not," she told food podcast Sporked.

From BBC

The case has thrown up all sorts of difficult questions, and some of them have been spelled out by Herbert Reul, the interior minister in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

From BBC

"There's this sort of clown show that's happening in social media and on television," he continued.

From BBC

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