sortition

sor·ti·tion

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sawr-tish-uh n]
- /sɔrˈtɪʃ ən/
- /sɔː.ˈtɪ.ʃən/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sawr-tish-uh n]
- /sɔrˈtɪʃ ən/

Definitions of sortition word

noun sortition the casting or drawing of lots. 1
noun sortition the act of casting lots 0

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Origin of sortition

First appearance:

before 1590

One of the 37% oldest English words

1590-1600; < Latin sortītiōn- (stem of sortītiō), equivalent to sortīt(us) (past participle of sortīrī to draw lots, derivative of sors lot, portion; see sort, -ite2) + -iōn- -ion

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Parts of speech for Sortition

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sortition

sortition popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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