- sort, sorting - an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery it the process of sorting"
--1 is a kind of operation
Derived form: verb sort2 - classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting - the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
--2 is a kind of basic cognitive process
--2 has particulars:appraisal, assessment; attribution, ascription; attribution, ascription; cross-classification, cross-division; subsumption - sorting - grouping by class or kind or size
--3 is a kind of grouping
--3 has particulars: triage; separationDerived form: verb sort2
- screen, screen out, sieve, sort - examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"
--1 is one way to choose, take, select, pick out
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun sort4
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate - arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
--2 is one way to categorize, categorise
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun sort1, noun sort4, noun sorter1, noun sorter2, noun sorting1, noun sorting3
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody