Definition:
				
				
				- (n.) Chance; lot; destiny.
- (n.) A kind or species; any number or collection of individual persons or things characterized by the same or like qualities; a class or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of horses; a sort of trees; a sort of poems.
- (n.) Manner; form of being or acting.
- (n.) Condition above the vulgar; rank.
- (n.) A chance group; a company of persons who happen to be together; a troop; also, an assemblage of animals.
- (n.) A pair; a set; a suit.
- (n.) Letters, figures, points, marks, spaces, or quadrats, belonging to a case, separately considered.
- (v. t.) To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions, as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths according to their colors; to sort wool or thread according to its fineness.
- (v. t.) To reduce to order from a confused state.
- (v. t.) To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
- (v. t.) To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
- (v. t.) To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.
- (v. i.) To join or associate with others, esp. with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
- (v. i.) To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
Compare sort with other words:
			
			
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			sort vs. syrt
			
			
			
			
			
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			sort vs. sout
			
			
			
			
			
			sori vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
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			bort vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			ort vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			snort vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			soot vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			fort vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
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			sorb vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			sora vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			mort vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			sort vs. sport
			
			
			
			
			
			soft vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			sort vs. wort
			
			
			
			
			
			sort vs. tort
			
			
			
			
			
			short vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			sort vs. sot
			
			
			
			
			
			port vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			mischief vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			manage vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			lay vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			fail vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			sort vs. sortal
			
			
			
			
			
			category vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			segregate vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			organize vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			sort vs. sought
			
			
			
			
			
			onset vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			sort vs. sorter
			
			
			
			
			
			classis vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			assort vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			pattern vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			sort vs. such
			
			
			
			
			
			denoting vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			sector vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			collate vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			sort vs. staple
			
			
			
			
			
			reorganization vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			assign vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			sift vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			select vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			sort vs. strain
			
			
			
			
			
			lot vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			digest vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			resort vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			sort vs. stapler
			
			
			
			
			
			like vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			description vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			sort vs. trailer
			
			
			
			
			
			sort vs. sorting
			
			
			
			
			
			sort vs. sorted
			
			
			
			
			
			rank vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			classify vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			class vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			categorise vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
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			harmonize vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			accord vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			fit vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			sort vs. suit
			
			
			
			
			
			fix vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			alphabetically vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			arrange vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			numerically vs. sort
			
			
			
			
			
			separate vs. sort