Sort

//soɹt//

Synonyms for "sort" (240 found)

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Strong matches (72)

Verb(2 words)
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Related words (120)

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7 relation types

More general

15 entries

More specific

33 entries

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Synonyms

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derived

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has context

5 entries

is a

3 entries

related to

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Translations

310 translations across 71 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • soort noun (type)
  • soort noun (person)
  • sorteeralgoritme noun (computing algorithm)
  • sortering noun (act of sorting)

Albanian

4 entries
  • farë noun (type)
  • lloj noun (type)
  • soj noun (type)
  • tip noun (type)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • εἶδος noun (type)

Arabic

2 entries
  • نَوْع noun (type)
  • فَرَزَ verb (separate according to certain criteria)

Armenian

3 entries
  • սեռ noun (type)
  • տիպ noun (type)
  • տիպ noun (person)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • cins noun (type)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • від noun (type)
  • род noun (type)
  • сорт noun (type)
  • тып noun (type)

Bengali

1 entries
  • প্রকার noun (type)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • вид noun (type)
  • подреждане noun (act of sorting)
  • сорт noun (type)
  • сортиране noun (act of sorting)

Burmese

1 entries
  • မျိုး noun (type)

Catalan

4 entries
  • classe noun (type)
  • gènere noun (type)
  • mena noun (type)
  • mena noun (type)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 排序 noun (act of sorting)
  • 種類 /种类 noun (type)
  • 類 /类 noun (type)
  • 類型 /类型 noun (type)

Czech

4 entries
  • sorta noun (type)
  • typ noun (type)
  • seřadit verb (arrange in order)
  • třídit verb (separate according to certain criteria)

Danish

4 entries
  • slags noun (type)
  • sort noun (type)
  • sortering noun (act of sorting)
  • løse verb (fix a problem)

Dutch

4 entries
  • soort noun (type)
  • sorteren noun (act of sorting)
  • rangschikken verb (arrange in order)
  • sorteren verb (separate according to certain criteria)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • speco noun (type)
  • ordigi verb (arrange in order)

Estonian

3 entries
  • liik noun (type)
  • sort noun (type)
  • järjestama verb (arrange in order)

Faroese

1 entries
  • slag noun (type)

Finnish

4 entries
  • aakkostus (alphabetically) noun (act of sorting)
  • järjestely noun (act of sorting)
  • kirjake noun ((typography) metal type)
  • kirjasin noun ((typography) metal type)

French

4 entries
  • acabit noun (type)
  • genre noun (type)
  • tri noun (computing algorithm)
  • triage noun (act of sorting)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ტიპი noun (type)

German

4 entries
  • Art noun (type)
  • Letter noun ((typography) metal type)
  • Sorte noun (type)
  • sortieren verb (separate according to certain criteria)

Greek

1 entries
  • είδος noun (type)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • מיון noun (computing algorithm)
  • סוּג noun (type)
  • סידור noun (act of sorting)
  • מיין verb (separate according to certain criteria)

Hindi

3 entries
  • क़िस्म noun (type)
  • किस्म noun (type)
  • तरह noun (type)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • fajta noun (type)
  • féle noun (type)
  • válogat noun (act of sorting)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • gerð noun (type)
  • sort noun (type)
  • tegund noun (type)
  • flokka verb (separate according to certain criteria)

Ido

1 entries
  • sorto noun (type)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • sorttu noun (type)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • جور noun (type)
  • رتبش noun (act of sorting)
  • رتبیدن noun (act of sorting)
  • قِسْم noun (type)

Irish

2 entries
  • sórt noun (type)
  • togh verb (separate according to certain criteria)

Italian

4 entries
  • genere noun (type)
  • specie noun (type)
  • tipo noun (type)
  • tipo noun (person)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ソート noun (act of sorting)
  • ソート noun (computing algorithm)
  • ソートアルゴリズム noun (computing algorithm)
  • 並べ替え noun (act of sorting)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ប្រភេទ noun (type)

Korean

1 entries
  • 종류 noun (type)

Lao

2 entries
  • ຊະນິດ noun (type)
  • ປະເພດ noun (type)

Latin

1 entries
  • discribō verb (separate according to certain criteria)

Latvian

4 entries
  • burtstabiņi noun ((typography) metal type)
  • tips noun (type)
  • veids noun (type)
  • atlasīt verb (separate according to certain criteria)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • tipas noun (type)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Zort noun (type)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • вид noun (type)
  • сорта noun (type)

Malay

1 entries
  • jenis noun (type)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • байдал noun (type)
  • зүйл noun (type)
  • төрөл noun (type)
  • хэлбэр noun (type)

Māori

2 entries
  • māhiti verb (separate according to certain criteria)
  • māwhiti verb (separate according to certain criteria)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • sortere verb (arrange in order)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • slags noun (type)
  • sort noun (type)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • slags noun (type)
  • sort noun (type)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • جنس noun (type)
  • صنف noun (type)
  • صوی noun (type)
  • فن noun (type)

Persian

4 entries
  • رتبش noun (computing algorithm)
  • مرتبسازی noun (computing algorithm)
  • رتبیدن verb (arrange in order)
  • مرتبسازی verb (arrange in order)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Sort noun (type)

Polish

4 entries
  • rodzaj noun (type)
  • sort noun (type)
  • sortowanie noun (act of sorting)
  • typ noun (type)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • ordenador noun (computing algorithm)
  • ordenação noun (act of sorting)
  • sorte noun (type)
  • tipo noun (type)

Romanian

4 entries
  • fel f and noun (type)
  • gen noun (type)
  • aranja verb (arrange in order)
  • clasifica verb (separate according to certain criteria)

Russian

4 entries
  • алгори́тм сортиро́вки noun (computing algorithm)
  • вид noun (type)
  • род noun (type)
  • сорт noun (type)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • gnè noun (type)
  • seòrsa noun (type)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • sȏrta noun (type)
  • vŕsta noun (type)
  • вр́ста noun (type)
  • со̑рта noun (type)

Slovak

2 entries
  • sorta noun (type)
  • typ noun (type)

Slovene

2 entries
  • sorta noun (type)
  • vrsta noun (type)

Spanish

4 entries
  • calaña noun (type)
  • género noun (type)
  • jaez noun (type)
  • laya noun (type)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • sortu noun (type)

Swedish

4 entries
  • slag noun (type)
  • sort noun (type)
  • sortering noun (act of sorting)
  • sorteringsalgoritm noun (computing algorithm)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • klase noun (type)
  • uri noun (type)

Tajik

1 entries
  • навъ noun (type)

Telugu

4 entries
  • అమరిక noun (act of sorting)
  • రకము noun (type)
  • అమర్చు verb (separate according to certain criteria)
  • అమర్చు verb (arrange in order)

Thai

2 entries
  • ชนิด noun (type)
  • ประเภท noun (type)

Turkish

2 entries
  • cins noun (type)
  • soy noun (type)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • вид noun (type)
  • рід noun (type)
  • сорт noun (type)
  • тип noun (type)

Urdu

4 entries
  • طَرَح noun (type)
  • طَرْح noun (type)
  • قِسْم noun (type)
  • نَوع noun (type)

Venetan

3 entries
  • sòrt noun (type)
  • un noun (person)
  • uno noun (person)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • hạng noun (type)
  • loại noun (type)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • סאָרט noun (type)

Sample sentences

52 total sentences available.

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It may be that the happiness awaiting us is not at all the sort of happiness we would want.

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That sort of thing can happen when you are in haste.

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It took quite a while to sort out all our luggage.

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I sort of understand.

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