"sort" meaning in All languages combined

See sort on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /sɔːt/ [UK], /sɔrt/ [US] Audio: en-us-sort.ogg [US] Forms: sort, sorts [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A sort is a kind or type.
    Sense id: simple-sort-en-noun-ftPh-K5A

Verb [English]

IPA: /sɔːt/ [UK], /sɔrt/ [US] Audio: en-us-sort.ogg [US] Forms: sort [canonical], sorts [third-person, singular], sorted [past], sorted [past, participle], sorting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To sort is to divide one group of things into smaller groups of things, so that the things in one smaller group are the same as each other in some way.
    Sense id: simple-sort-en-verb-fAlo4rWt
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