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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsɔːrt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/sɔrt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sôrt)

Collocations for "sort"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "sort" in context.

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sort

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
v
  1. sort (them) by [color, size, price, popularity]
  2. are sorted by [color]
  3. sort (your) [items, purchases, clothes, socks]
  4. sort into [categories, groups]
  5. sort from [highest] to [lowest]
  6. sort and [display, arrange, pack, group, filter]
  7. sort out your affairs before [leaving, dying]
  8. sort [good from bad, practical from useless]
  9. sort through the [garage, basement, attic]
  10. sort your [garage]
  11. sort through your [things, clothes, junk]
  12. sort through the [bag, purse]
  13. sort out the [problem, disagreement, misunderstanding, mess]
  14. sort the [problem] out
  15. sort everything out (for you)
  16. sort through [hundreds] of [books, paper, boxes]
  17. the [computer, machine] is sorting the [database, letters]
  18. UK: sort the wheat from the chaff
  19. UK: (will) sort the men from the boys
  20. slang: sort your life out!
n
  1. a [kind, friendly, mean, lonely, nice] sort
  2. it's a sort of [blue, vegetable, fruit]
  3. [develop, introduce, pioneer] a new sort of
  4. has some sort of [idea, plan, scheme]
  5. is a sort of [manager, poet, technician]
  6. that's just the sort (I need)
  7. [pose, ask, raise] all sorts of questions
  8. it takes all sorts!
  9. it was sort of [helpful, boring, funny]
  10. that's sort of what I [meant, was asking]
  11. will [accept, have] nothing of the sort
  12. what sort of person [would do, does] that?
  13. is the sort of [person, man, boss] who
  14. am feeling [a bit, rather, quite] out of sorts
  15. all sorts of [products, people, questions, properties]
  16. is a [poet, musician] of sorts
  17. computing: a [fast, rapid, random] sort
n as adj
  1. computing: sort [size, files, cards]
'sort' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

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