sort
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4.1
- noun
- /sɔrt/
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tipo
- She prefers to spend time with a certain sort of friends who share her interests.
- a sort of person
- a certain sort
- a meaner sort
Who do they think I am, some sort of liability?
- Who do they think I am, some sort of liability?
Examples
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You know, some people don't want that sort of closeness.
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But Bhabha does seem to have been the sort of person about whom such tales accumulate.
Academic text (1992) -
What sort of person does this?
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What sort of troubles have you got yourself into?
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Santa was a big, fat man with the sort of face that smiled easily.
Fiction book (1991) -
Some patients will change GPs because of some sort of dissatisfaction.
Academic text (2015) -
The Lone Ranger and Tonto become brothers of a sort, the Ranger being the older, wiser brother.
Academic text (2013) -
And I don't think Latham's the sort of guy who'd stoop to finance indie production.
Fiction book (1990) -
He is not the sort of person who enjoys large gatherings.
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After considering their personalities, I realized they were not my sort of people.
Idioms
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Etymology
Sort meaning a person of a certain type comes from the old word sors, 'lot' or 'kind'. So calling someone a 'friendly sort' means they are that kind of person.