ALL meanings of sort of
sort of
S s - noun sort of 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 of character, quality, or nature: young people of a nice sort. 1
- noun sort of an example of something that is undistinguished or barely adequate: He is a sort of poet. 1
- noun sort of manner, fashion, or way: We spoke in this sort for several minutes. 1
- noun sort of Printing. any of the individual characters making up a font of type. characters of a particular font that are rarely used. 1
- noun sort of an instance of sorting. 1
- verb with object sort of to arrange according to sort, kind, or class; separate into sorts; classify: to sort socks; to sort eggs by grade. 1
- verb with object sort of to separate or take from other sorts or from others (often followed by out): to sort the good from the bad; to sort out the children's socks. 1
- verb with object sort of to assign to a particular class, group, or place (often followed by with, together, etc.): to sort people together indiscriminately. 1
- verb with object sort of Scot. to provide with food and shelter. 1
- verb with object sort of Computers. to place (records) in order, as numerical or alphabetical, based on the contents of one or more keys contained in each record. Compare key1 (def 19). 1
- verb without object sort of Archaic. to suit; agree; fit. 1
- verb without object sort of British Dialect. to associate, mingle, or be friendly. 1
- idioms sort of of sorts, of a mediocre or poor kind: a tennis player of sorts. of one sort or another; of an indefinite kind. Also, of a sort. 1
- idioms sort of out of sorts, in low spirits; depressed. in poor health; indisposed; ill. in a bad temper; irritable: to be out of sorts because of the weather. Printing. short of certain characters of a font of type. 1
- idioms sort of sort of, Informal. in a way; somewhat; rather: Their conversation was sort of tiresome. 1
- phrase sort of You use sort of when you want to say that your description of something is not very accurate. 0
- noun sort of in some way or other; as it were; rather 0
- noun sort of used to express reservation or qualified assent 0
- noun sort of somewhat 0