HyperDic: sort_out

English > 3 senses of the expression *sort out*:
VERB	cognition	sort out, classify, class, sort, assort, separate	arrange or order by classes or categories / categories
	cognition	sort out, clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate	make free from confusion / confusion or ambiguity
	social	sort out, discipline, correct	punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience

English > *sort out*: 3 senses > verb 1, cognition
Meaning	Arrange or order by classes or categories / categories.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	classify, class, sort, assort, separate
Entails	compare	Examine and note the similarities or differences of
Entailed by	identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name	identify as in botany or biology, for example
Narrower	catalogue, catalog	Make an itemized list or catalog of
	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
Spanish	clasificar, ordenar, separar
Catalan	classificar, separar

English > *sort out*: 3 senses > verb 2, cognition
Meaning	make free from confusion / confusion or ambiguity; make clear.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
Broader	clarify, clear up, elucidate	make clear and (more) comprehensible
Spanish	aclarar, clarificar, cristalizar, dilucidar, esclarecer, explicar
Catalan	dilucidar, esclarir

English > *sort out*: 3 senses > verb 3, social
Meaning	punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	discipline, correct
Broader	punish, penalize, penalise	impose a penalty on
Spanish	disciplinar

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