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Meanings of sort in English

Portuguese
classificação
Catalan
classificació
Spanish
clasificación
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An operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion.

        classificação
        Portuguese
        tipo
        Catalan
        classe
        Spanish
        tipo

        A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality.

              tipo
              Portuguese
              classificar
              Catalan
              classificar
              Spanish
              clasificar

              Arrange or order by classes or categories.

                    classificar
                    Russian
                    литера
                    Portuguese
                    tipo
                    Catalan
                    tipus mòbils
                    Spanish
                    tipos moviles

                    In typesetting.

                          литера
                          Usage of sort in English
                          1
                          Many Voices is an example of just that sort of sea change.
                          Ebony
                          2
                          I said, 'I expect that sort of mistake often happens, Mr Parkis.
                          The End of the Affair
                          3
                          Brexit: Could the UK and EU sort a trade deal in months?
                          BBC
                          4
                          Virtually every new car sold today has some sort of network connection.
                          Wired
                          5
                          Data summary London Marathon winners by year Click heading to sort table.
                          The Guardian
                          6
                          No problem, just include a custom sort routine by changing this line:
                          Automating system administration with perl
                          7
                          It's just the right sort of practice for a young married doctor.
                          Love- from his point of view!
                          8
                          How could any sort of industry be possible under these soggy conditions?
                          Cities in Flight
                          9
                          I think every prime minister has sort of said this since Blair.
                          The Guardian
                          10
                          This is a Government issue that they need to sort out urgently.
                          Radio NZ
                          11
                          But I've always had sort of a different way of approaching problems.
                          Cooking for geeks: real science, great hacks, and good food
                          12
                          Yet, of course, what we have seen proves nothing of the sort.
                          The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
                          13
                          All of which was quite true, but sort of begged the question.
                          Seveneves
                          14
                          They created a new sort of magic that is still popular today.
                          Hiding the Elephant
                          15
                          I asked, sort of a delicate way of not answering her question.
                          The Kingmaker
                          16
                          We'll try to sort that out in weeks to come, he said.
                          Reuters
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