sorts
Puts in order
Sorts is the plural of sort, referring to types or kinds of things.
The phrase all sorts of means many different varieties: We met all sorts of people at the festival.
If someone is out of sorts, they feel slightly unwell or irritable.
In computing, sorts refers to operations that arrange data in a particular order.
The expression it takes all sorts acknowledges that people have widely varying tastes and behaviors.
classification
Systematic grouping by traits
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- genresCategories of creative work
- divisionsSeparate portions of something
sections · groups · classes · types · kinds · varieties · assortments · collections · rankings · tiers
- groupingsgroups, categories, classes, divisions, clusters
- Ways to Grouptypes, kinds, classes, categories, groups
- lays outarranges, organizes, displays, spreads, presents
- formal logicformula, postulate, quantifiers, axiom, variable
- letterpressletterpress, movable type, metal type, galley, composing stick
- typesettingtypesetting, typesetter, leading, font, kerning
organization/arrangement
sortsscatters
Distributes irregularly about
scrambles · randomizes · disarranges · disorders · shuffles
- sort ofApproximately, not precisely
- sort outResolve or organize
- sorted outResolved or organized
- out of sortsMildly unwell or grumpy
- sorting outResolving confusion or disorder
- sort throughReview to organize
sort, assorted, resort, assortment, sorted, sorting, resorted, assort, sorter