sort out

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sawrt out]
- /sɔrt aʊt/
- /sɔːt ˈaʊt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sawrt out]
- /sɔrt aʊt/

Definitions of sort out words

noun sort out a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort. 1
noun sort out character, quality, or nature: young people of a nice sort. 1
noun sort out an example of something that is undistinguished or barely adequate: He is a sort of poet. 1
noun sort out manner, fashion, or way: We spoke in this sort for several minutes. 1
noun sort out Printing. any of the individual characters making up a font of type. characters of a particular font that are rarely used. 1
noun sort out an instance of sorting. 1

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Origin of sort out

First appearance:

before 1200

One of the 9% oldest English words

1200-50; (noun) Middle English < Middle French sorte < Medieval Latin sort- (stem of sors) kind, allotted status or portion, lot, Latin: orig., voter's lot; (v.) Middle English sorten to allot, arrange, assort (< Middle French sortir) < Latin sortīrī to draw lots, derivative of sors; later senses influenced by the noun and by assort

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Parts of speech for Sort out

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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sort out popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for sort out

verb sort out

analyze — to separate (a thing, idea, etc.) into its parts so as to find out their nature, proportion, function, interrelationship, etc.
catalogued — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
cataloguing — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
check over — a thorough examination or investigation.
check up — If you check up on something, you find out information about it.

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