sort
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- noun
- /sɔrt/
- The group tends to characterize all sorts of communications as important to the engineering design process.
- a different sort
- a sort of thing
- the same sort
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Watch on YouTubeI don't have never had those sorts of worries.
- I don't have never had those sorts of worries.
- So I've kind of seen the sort of game of waiting.
- And you can learn from all sorts of people in that way.
- I think of of that sort of procedure.
- I hadn't signed a lengthy sort of contract.
- On AM DS side there was the sort of almost.
- Go, go, go with that same sort of piece of like.
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This has to be some sort of mistake.
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What is this, some sort of a link?
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We have some sort of connection to each other.
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Rather, there is a sense of solidarity, a sort of "we're all in it together" approach.
Academic text (2008) -
Group members self-selected their roles and worked together to collect, sort, and process information.
Academic text (2015) -
At the conference, we discussed various sorts of renewable energy sources.
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There are many sorts of art, from paintings and sculptures to photography and installations.
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He enjoys reading all sorts of books, from fiction to biographies.
Synonyms
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1.0
A type of thing or person that has similar features
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1.5
A type of thing, for example a kind of music
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2.3
A kind of thing, like a style or type
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A kind of thing that has a particular shared feature
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Etymology
Sort meaning 'a kind' comes from the old word sors, which meant 'lot' or 'kind'. That's why a sort is simply a 'type' or group of things.