sort out

Definition of Sort Out in English :

Verb

1. assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out

arrange or order by classes or categories

Example Sentences:
'How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?'

2. clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out

make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

Example Sentences:
'Could you clarify these remarks?'
'Clear up the question of who is at fault'

3. correct, discipline, sort out

punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience

Example Sentences:
'The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sort Out

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verb (tr, adverb)

1.

to find a solution to (a problem, etc), esp to make clear or tidy

it took a long time to sort out the mess

2.

to take or separate, as from a larger group

he sorted out the most likely ones

3.

to organize into an orderly and disciplined group

4. informal

to beat or punish

noun sort-out

5. informal

the process of separating things that are wanted from things that are not

the kitchen needed a major sort-out

I've been having a sort-out today and I have filled a bag full of rubbish.

noun

informal

the process of separating things you want from things you don't want or need

The kitchen needed a major sort-out.

I've been having a sort-out today and I have filled a bag full of rubbish.

Sort Out

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n.

1. A group of persons or things of the same general character; a kind. See Usage Note at kind².

2. Character or nature: books of a subversive sort.

3. One that exemplifies the characteristics of or serves a similar function to another: "A large dinner-party ... made a sort of general introduction for her to the society of the neighbourhood" (George Eliot).

4. A person; an individual: The clerk is a decent sort.

5. Computers An operation that arranges data in a specified way: did an alphabetic sort on the columns of data.

6. Archaic A way of acting or behaving: "in this sort the simple household lived / From day to day" (William Wordsworth).

v. sort·ed, sort·ing, sorts

v.tr.

1. To place or arrange according to class, kind, or size; classify: sorted the books into boxes by genre. See Synonyms at arrange.

2. To separate from others: sort the wheat from the chaff.

v.intr.

1. To make a search or examination of a collection of things: sorted through the laundry looking for a matching sock.

2. To be or become arranged in a certain way.

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