English to English
noun
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
Sculpture is a form of art.
What kinds of desserts are there?.
source: WordNet 3.0
- an approximate definition or example
She wore a sort of magenta dress.
She served a creamy sort of dessert thing.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a person of a particular character or nature
What sort of person is he?.
He's a good sort.
source: WordNet 3.0
- an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
The bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Chance; lot; destiny.
source: Webster 1913
- A kind or species; any number or collection of individual persons or things characterized by the same or like qualities; a class or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of horses; a sort of trees; a sort of poems.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- examine in order to test suitability
Screen these samples.
Screen the job applicants.
source: WordNet 3.0
- arrange or order by classes or categories
How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions, as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths according to their colors; to sort wool or thread according to its fineness.
source: Webster 1913
- To join or associate with others, esp. with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [sort] Urì; klase; kalidad
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [sort] Papagbukodbukurín; pumilì; humirang
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
