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Meanings of sort out in English

Portuguese
elucidar

Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear.

elucidar
Portuguese
classificar
Catalan
classificar
Spanish
clasificar

Arrange or order by classes or categories.

classificar

Punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience.

To come to an agreement or settlement of a dispute or argument, to attempt to sort something out between parties or to settle a case, to finish animosities.

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Examples for "correct"
Examples for "correct"
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Of course its answer is simplistically correct, but unfortunately is wishful thinking.
The Irish Times
2
Direct state intervention, he said, was sometimes necessary to correct intolerable inequalities.
The Guardian
3
The idea that there is just one acceptable, correct answer to problems.
The Irish Times
4
Senators vow urgent reform to correct 'unacceptable' military housing conditions WASHINGTON U.S.
Reuters
5
Then, they saw the question presented again, followed by the correct answer.
Wired
1
We have problems with our discipline and that was our problem today.
The Irish Times
2
Enhancing market discipline is also key to avoiding future crises, Plosser said.
Reuters
3
And there's something different about them: different weapons, much tighter fire discipline.
The Fuller Memorandum
4
Yes, it's hard work, but everything worth having takes discipline and effort.
Feminist dot com
5
Better market infrastructure alone will not be sufficient to re-instill market discipline.
Reuters
Usage of sort out in English
1
This is a Government issue that they need to sort out urgently.
Radio NZ
2
Take the opportunity to completely sort out any lingering difference of opinion.
The South African
3
The authorities were going to have a great deal to sort out.
Desperate cargo
4
And Merkel has emphasized that Greece must sort out its own problems.
Reuters
5
There are all kinds of possible intersections we'll need to sort out.
The Kingmaker
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A month of daily 5am meditation practice will sort out a lot.
The Guardian
7
It took a while to sort out the server problem, he says.
Radio NZ
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That's what your dream is trying to help you sort out. 8.
NY Magazine
9
I think this is something you need to sort out between yourselves.
News.com.au
10
As we sort out that evidence, AI lags a step behind us.
Wired
11
The watch schedules would sort out some of it in any case.
Quarter share: a trader's tale from the golden age of the solar ...
12
Doyle hesitated, trying to sort out the different interests in all this.
The Anubis Gates
13
He was simply trying to sort out the madness of the evening.
The last page
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Yelp is an excellent resource to sort out your needs, Pecknold says.
Climbing Magazine
15
I let him wonder while I tried to sort out the possibilities.
Acts of nature
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It just wants the two sides to sort out their differences peacefully.
News.com.au
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Canada
Common
New Zealand
Common
South Africa
Common
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