sort

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A type or kind of thing or person.

   What sort of music do you like?

2. 2
   verb

   To arrange things into groups according to type or order.

   She sorted the letters into different piles.

3. 3
   verb

   To deal with or fix a problem successfully.

   Don't worry, I'll sort out the dishes.

From Middle English sort, soort, sorte (cognate Dutch soort, German Sorte, Danish sort, Swedish sort), borrowed from Old French sorte (“class, kind”), from Latin sortem, accusative form of sors (“lot, fate, share, rank, category”).

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