What does “sort” mean?
- 1
nouna type or kind of person or thing
What sort of music do you like?
- 2
verbto put things in groups or in an order
She sorted the files by date.
Sort at a glance
- Part of speech
- noun & verb
- CEFR level
- A2 (elementary)
- Pronunciation
- /sɔrt/ · SORT
How to use “sort” correctly
In speech, “sort of” can mean “a little”: “I’m sort of tired.”
Common phrases with “sort”
- sort of
- all sorts of
- sort out
Synonyms, opposites and related words
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