sortable

sort

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sawrt]
- /sɔrt/
- /ˈsɔːtəbl /

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

Definitions of sortable word

noun sortable 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 sortable character, quality, or nature: young people of a nice sort. 1
noun sortable an example of something that is undistinguished or barely adequate: He is a sort of poet. 1
noun sortable manner, fashion, or way: We spoke in this sort for several minutes. 1
noun sortable Printing. any of the individual characters making up a font of type. characters of a particular font that are rarely used. 1
noun sortable an instance of sorting. 1

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Origin of sortable

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 Sortable

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sortable

sortable 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.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

sortable usage trend in Literature

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