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- (UK) IPA: /sɔːt/, SAMPA: /sO:t/
- (US) IPA: /sɔɹt/, SAMPA: /sOrt/
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Audio (US) (file) - Homophones: sought (in non-rhotic accents)
Etymology 1
From Old French sorte (“class, kind”), from Latin root of sors (“lot, fate, share, rank, category”)
Noun
sort (plural sorts)
- A general type.
- (dated) group, company.
- (informal) A person.
- This guy's a decent sort.
- An act of sorting.
- I had a sort of my cupboard
- (computing) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular order.
- (typography) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
Quotations
For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.
Synonyms
- (type): genre, genus, kind, type, variety
- (person): character, individual, person, type
- (act of sorting): sort-out
- (in computing): sort algorithm, sorting algorithm
- (typography): glyph, type
- See also Wikisaurus:class
Derived terms
terms derived from "sort"
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Translations
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Etymology 2
From Old French sortir (“allot, sort”), from Latin sortire (“draw lots, divide, choose”), from sors
Verb
to sort (third-person singular simple present sorts, present participle sorting, simple past and past participle sorted)
- (transitive) To separate according to certain criteria.
- (transitive) To arrange into some order, especially numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
- (UK) To fix a problem, to handle a task; to sort out.
Usage notes
In British sense “to fix a problem”, often used in the form “I’ll get you sorted,” or “Now that’s sorted,” – in American usage sort out is used instead.
Synonyms
- (separate according to certain criteria): categorise/categorize, class, classify, group
- (arrange into some sort of order): order, rank
Derived terms
Translations
separate according to certain criteria
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Noun
sort m.
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse svartr (“black”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: [soɐ̯d̥]
Adjective
sort (neuter sort, definite and plural sorte)
- black (absorbing all light)
Etymology 2
From French sorte (“class, kind”), from Latin sors (“lot, fate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: [sɒːˀd̥]
Noun
sort c. (singular definite sorten, plural indefinite sorter)
Inflection
Inflection of sort| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | sort | sorten | sorter | sorterne |
| genitive | sorts | sortens | sorters | sorternes |
French
Etymology
Latin sors
Pronunciation
Noun
sort m.
- lot, fate
Verb
sort
- Third-person singular present indicative of sortir
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈʃort/
Noun
sort (plural sortok)
- shorts (pants worn primarily in the summer that do not go lower than the knees)
- accusative singular of sor
Synonyms
Norwegian
Noun
sort
- black (colour/color)
This Norwegian entry was created from the translations listed at black. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see sort in the Norwegian Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008
Swedish
Pronunciation
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Noun
| Inflection for sort | Singular | Plural | ||
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| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Base form | sort | sorten | sorter | sorterna |
| Possessive form | sorts | sortens | sorters | sorternas |
sort c.
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What sort of permits/licenses do you need to host a concert and sell alcoholic beverages?
Q. I live in a small town, and we are wanting to have a concert every weekend in the summer with local bands performing. I do not own a business, basically we want to be able to charge admission to the concerts and have a concession stand that sales food and alcoholic beverages. The place we want to do this is 10 miles outside the city limits. What sort of permits would we need to do this every weekend for the sale of alcohol and food as well as to have the local bands play in this rural area?
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Q. I live in a small town, and we are wanting to have a concert every weekend in the summer with local bands performing. I do not own a business, basically we want to be able to charge admission to the concerts and have a concession stand that sales food and alcoholic beverages. The place we want to do this is 10 miles outside the city limits. What sort of permits would we need to do this every weekend for the sale of alcohol and food as well as to have the local bands play in this rural area?
Asked by Erin - Thu May 27 22:29:24 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
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