I'm just sorting out some suitable clothes to take on holiday.
Source: tatoeba (19762)
Sorting
Synonyms for "sorting" (103 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Noun(11 words)
alphabetizingarrangearrangingarranging actionassortingcategorisationcategorizationcategorizationscategorizingclass placementclassification
Verb(1 words)
categorize data
Strong matches (31)
Noun(12 words)
classification actionclassification processclassificationsclassifyclassifyingclassifying exercisecomparison based sortdata classificationdescendingfile sortinggroupgroup by type
classifyingcodificationcollatingcomputer technologycomputer typesettingcomputingcullingdata processingdata retrievaldivisionedpelectronic data processingevaluationfactoringfilinggauginggradationgradinggrouping
Related words (51)
Noun(22 words)
groupinggrouping actiongroupingslibrary shelvingmore classifyingmost catalog ordernumbers in orderorderorder byorder numbersorderingrank byrank conceptsegregatingsegregationseparation actionsiftsortsort algorithmsorting activity
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sorting procedureuse fixed grouping
high-speed data handlingidentificationindexingmachine computationpigeonholingplacementrangingrankingratingreportingscanningscreeningselectionsiftingsifting outsorting outstratificationsubdivisionsubordinationtabulation
Verb(2 words)
keep orderorganizing files
Adverb(1 words)
most classifying
Adjective(1 words)
scientific category
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More general
11 entriesactionactivityalgorithmbasic cognitive processclassificationgroupingoperationorderorganizationprocedureprocess
More specific
14 entriesalphabetical sortingalphabetizationascending sortingbubble sortclassificationcolor sortinggroupinglexicographic sortingmerge sortnumeric sortingnumerical sortingquicksortshape sortingsize sorting
Collocations
11 entriesalphabetical sortingclassroom sortingcolor sortingdata sortingnumerical sortingsize sortingsorting activitysorting algorithmsorting categoriessorting centersorting task
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
6 entriesSample sentences
10 total sentences available.
I spent several days sorting through her papers.
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He finished sorting the papers.
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We're sorting it out.
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Showing 4 of 10 available sentences.