| NOUN | process | sorting, sort | an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion |
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| cognition | sorting, classification, categorization, categorisation | the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories / categories | |
| act | sorting | grouping by class or kind or size |
| Sounds | sao'rtihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | An operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion. | |
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| Example | "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting" | |
| Synonym | sort | |
| Broader | operation | (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction) |
| Spanish | clasificación, ordenamiento | |
| Catalan | classificació | |
| Verbs | sort | arrange or order by classes or categories / categories |
| Meaning | The basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories / categories. | |
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| Synonyms | classification, categorization, categorisation | |
| Narrower | appraisal, assessment | The classification of someone or something with respect to its worth |
| attribution, ascription | Assigning to a cause or source | |
| attribution, ascription | Assigning some quality or character to a person or thing | |
| coordination | Of coordinate importance, rank, or degree | |
| cross-classification, cross-division | classification according to more than one attribute at the same time | |
| subsumption | incorporating something under a more general category | |
| Broader | basic cognitive process | cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge |
| Spanish | categorización, clasificación | |
| Catalan | categorització, classificació | |
| Meaning | grouping by class or kind or size. | |
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| Narrower | separation | sorting one thing from others |
| triage | sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food | |
| Broader | grouping | The activity of putting things together in groups |
| Spanish | clasificación | |
| Catalan | classificació | |
| Verbs | sort | arrange or order by classes or categories / categories |
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