English

rank|law|show|terms|434|sort|town|dark|ye

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/s��t/, SAMPA|/sO:t/
(General American|US) IPA|/s�ɹt/, SAMPA|/sOrt/
audio|en-us-sort.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

1. A general type.
2. informal A person.

#:This guy's a decent sort.

1. An act of sorting.

#:I had a sort of my cupboard

1. computing An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular order.

Synonyms
(type): genre, genus, kind, type, variety
(person): character, individual, person, type
(act of sorting): sort-out
(in computing): sort algorithm, sorting algorithm

Derived terms

allsorts, all sorts
bead sort
binary tree sort
blort sort
bogo-sort
bozo sort
bubble sort
bucket sort
cocktail sort
comb sort
counting sort
drunk man sort
gnome sort
heapsort
insertion sort
introsort, introspective sort
library sort
mid
merge sort
monkey sort
out of sorts
pigeonhole sort
quicksort
radix sort
selection sort
shell sort
smoothsort
sorta
sort of
sort out
stochastic sort
stupid sort
stooge sort

Translations
trans-top|type
Afrikaans: soort, tipe
Albanian: soj, farë f
Dutch: soort f (sometimes informally n)
Finnish: tyyppi, laji, sortti (informal)
French: type#French|type m (informal, for a man or a woman), typesse f (informal, for a woman)
German: Art#German|Art f, Sorte f
Hebrew: ס�� (soog) m
trans-mid
Hungarian: fajta, féle
Italian: specie f, genere m, tipo m
Japanese: �� (���, tagui), 種� (����, shurui)
Romanian: fel f and m
Russian: �ип (tip) m
Swedish: sort#Swedish|sort c, slag n,
Telugu: ర�మ� (rakamu)
Tagalog: uri, klase
Turkish: cins, soy
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trans-top|person
Afrikaans: soort
Finnish: tyyppi
French: type#French|type m
trans-mid
Italian: tipo m
Russian: �ип (tip) m (only derogatory)
Swedish: typ c
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trans-top|act of sorting
Afrikaans: sortering
Dutch: sorteren n
Finnish: lajittelu, järjestely, aakkostus (alphabetically)
French: triage m, tri m (but the phrase "to have a sort of" is more idiomatically translated by the verb "trier", to sort, or "ranger", to sort, to tidy)
German: sortieren v
Hebrew: ס���ר (sidoor) m
trans-mid
Hungarian: válogat
Japanese: 並��� (�����, narabekae), ��� (s�to)
Russian: �о��и�овка (sortiróvka) f
Swedish: sortering c
Telugu: �మరి� (amarika)
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trans-top|computing algorithm
Afrikaans: sorteeralgoritme
Finnish: sorttaus
French: tri m
Hebrew: ���� (miyoon) m
Japanese: ��� (s�to), 並��� (�����, narabekae)
trans-mid
Russian: алго�и�м �о��и�овки (algorítm sortiróvki) m
Swedish: sorteringsalgoritm c
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Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To separate according to certain criterion|criteria.
2. transitive To arrange into some order, especially numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.

Synonyms
(separate according to certain criteria): categorise/categorize, class, classify, group
(arrange into some sort of order): order, rank

Derived terms
sorted
sorting
sort out

Translations

trans-top|separate according to certain criteria
Afrikaans: sorteer, kategoriseer, klassifiseer, groepeer
Czech: t�ídit
Dutch: sorteren
Finnish: lajitella
French: trier, classer
German: trennen
Hebrew: he-translation|ס�ר|sidér, he-translation|����|miyén
trans-mid
Italian: classificare
Portuguese: classificar
Russian: �о��и�ова�� (sortirovát�), �азби�а�� (razbirát�)
Swedish: sortera
Telugu: ప�ర��� (paerchu), �మర��� (amarchu)
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trans-top|arrange in order
Afrikaans: sorteer, rangskik
Czech: se�adit, �adit
Dutch: rangschikken
Finnish: järjestää, aakkostaa (alphabetically)
French: trier, ranger#French|ranger
German: sortieren
Hebrew: he-translation|ס�ר|sidér, he-translation|����|miyén
trans-mid
Italian: mettere in ordine
Portuguese: ordenar
Russian: �о��и�ова�� (sortirovát�)
Swedish: ordna
Telugu: ప�ర��� (paerchu), �మర��� (amarchu)
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Category:1000 English basic words

Catalan

Noun
sort

1. luck

French

Noun
sort

1. lot

Etymology
rfc-level|Etymology not at level 3
Latin sors

Verb form
sort (a form of sortir)

1. he goes out

Category:French nouns

Swedish

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-sort.ogg|audio

Noun
sv-noun-reg-r-c|sort|sorte
sort c

1. sort#English|sort, kind

Synonyms
slag

ar:sort
zh-min-nan:sort
de:sort
et:sort
el:sort
es:sort
fa:sort
fr:sort
hy:sort
io:sort
it:sort
hu:sort
no:sort
pl:sort
pt:sort
ru:sort
simple:sort
fi:sort
sv:sort
ta:sort
te:sort
vi:sort
tr:sort
uk:sort

• 2007-11-27 18:56 - DerbethBot - added audio Sv-sort.ogg; added missing pron. section

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