Words nearby sort
Idioms for sort
Origin of sort
1200–50; (noun) Middle English < Middle French sorte < Medieval Latin sort- (stem of sors) kind, allotted status or portion, lot, Latin: orig., voter's lot; (v.) Middle English sorten to allot, arrange, assort (< Middle French sortir) < Latin sortīrī to draw lots, derivative of sors; later senses influenced by the noun and by assort
OTHER WORDS FROM sort
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH sort
kind2 sort type (see usage note at kind2) (see usage note at type)usage note for sort
See kind2.
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British Dictionary definitions for sortable
sort
/ (sɔːt) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of sort
sortable, adjectivesortably, adverbsorter, nounWord Origin for sort
C14: from Old French, from Medieval Latin sors kind, from Latin: fate
undefined sort
See kind 2
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Idioms and Phrases with sortable
sort
see after a fashion (sort); all kinds (sorts) of; bad sort; it takes all sorts; kind (sort) of; nothing of the kind (sort); of sorts; out of sorts.
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