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sort
What does sort mean?
sort (noun): a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use sort in a sentence?
- What sort of person is he? (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce sort?
/sɔɹt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does sort come from?
From Middle English sort, soort, sorte (cognate Dutch soort, German Sorte, Danish sort, Swedish sort), borrowed from Old French sorte (“class, kind”), from Latin sortem, accusative form of sors (“lot, fate, share, rank, category”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of sort?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “sort” mean?
an artist’s or photographer’s workshop or the room in which an artist works
Not quite: that's what studio means.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
Right! That's what “sort” means.
each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part
Not quite: that's what quarter means.
a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
Not quite: that's what excuse means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “sort”?
city
Not quite: city means something else.
kind
Right!
game
Not quite: game means something else.
team
Not quite: team means something else.
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