sort
A2Frequent NGSL-1UK /sɔːt/US /sɔːrt/
Meaning
noun
a group or type of people or things that are similar in a particular way
“sort of somebody/something, ‘What sort of music do you like?’ ‘Oh, all sorts.’”
verb
to arrange things in groups or in a particular order according to their type, etc.; to separate things of one type from others
“sort something, I started at the bottom, answering phones and sorting the mail.”
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