English > sort: 6 senses > noun 1, cognition| Meaning | A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic / characteristic or quality. |
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| Synonyms | kind, form, variety |
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| Narrower | antitype | An opposite or contrasting type |
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| art form | (architecture) a form of artistic expression / expression (such as writing or painting or architecture) |
| brand, make | A recognizable kind |
| color, colour | (physics) the characteristic / characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction |
| description | sort or variety |
| flavor, flavour | (physics) the six kinds of quarks |
| genre | A kind of literary or artistic work |
| genus | A general kind of something |
| like, ilk | A kind of person |
| like, the like, the likes of | A similar kind |
| manner | A kind |
| model | A type of product |
| species | A specific kind of something |
| stripe | A kind or category |
| style | A particular kind (as to appearance) |
| type | A subdivision of a particular kind of thing |
| Broader | category | A general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme |
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| Spanish | clase, especie, forma, género, tipo |
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| Catalan | classe, espècie, forma, mena, tipus |
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| Verbs | sort | arrange or order by classes or categories / categories |
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English > sort: 6 senses > verb 2, cognition| Meaning | Arrange or order by classes or categories / categories. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Synonyms | classify, class, assort, sort out, separate |
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| Entails | compare | Examine and note the similarities or differences of |
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| Entailed by | identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name | identify as in botany or biology, for example |
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| Narrower | catalogue, catalog | Make an itemized list or catalog of |
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| count, number | put into a group |
| dichotomize, dichotomise | divide into two opposing groups or kinds |
| grade | Determine the grade of or assign a grade to |
| group | Arrange into a group or groups |
| isolate | separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them |
| pigeonhole, stereotype, stamp | treat or classify according to a mental stereotype |
| reclassify | classify anew, change the previous classification |
| refer | think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle / principle or with a general group or in relation to another |
| size | sort according to size |
| unitize, unitise | separate or classify into units |
| Broader | categorize, categorise | place into or assign to a category / category |
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| Spanish | clasificar, ordenar, separar |
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| Catalan | classificar, separar |
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| Nouns | sort | a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic / characteristic or quality |
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| sort, sorting | an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion |
| sorter | a machine for sorting things (such as punched cards or letters) into classes |
| sorter | a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office) |
| sorting | grouping by class or kind or size |
