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explanation
English
Alternative forms
- explaination (misspelling or obsolete spelling)
Etymology
From Latin explanatio (“an explanation, interpretation”), from explanare (“explain”); see explain.
Morphologically explain +? -ation
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??kspl??ne???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
explanation (countable and uncountable, plural explanations)
- The act or process of explaining.
- The explanation was long and drawn-out.
- Something that explains, makes understandable.
- An explanation for the UFO sightings was easily found.
- A resolution of disputed points pursuant to discussion; a mutual clarification of disputed points; reconciliation.
Synonyms
- (act or process of explaining): clarification; elucidation; elaboration; explaining; femsplaining (pej., particularly by a feminist to a man); mansplaining, mansplanation (pej., particularly by a man to a woman)
Related terms
- explain
- explanatory
- explicative
- explicator
- explicatory
Translations
Further reading
- explanation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- explanation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
explanation From the web:
- what explanation mean
- what does explanation mean
- what does explaining mean
sort
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /s??t/
- (US) IPA(key): /s??t/
- Homophone: sought (in non-rhotic accents)
Etymology 1
From Middle English sort, soort, sorte (= Dutch soort, German Sorte, Danish sort, Swedish sort), borrowed from Old French sorte (“class, kind”), from Latin sortem, accusative form of sors (“lot, fate, share, rank, category”).
Noun
sort (plural sorts)
- A general type.
- Manner; form of being or acting.
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
- (obsolete) Condition above the vulgar; rank.
- (informal) A person evaluated in a certain way (bad, good, strange, etc.).
- (dated) Group, company.
- (Britain, informal) A good-looking woman.
- An act of sorting.
- (computing) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.
- (typography) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
- (mathematics) A type.
- (obsolete) Chance; lot; destiny.
- (obsolete) A full set of anything, such as a pair of shoes, or a suit of clothes.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:sort.
Synonyms
- (type): genre, genus, kind, type, variety
- (person): character, individual, person, type
- (act of sorting): sort-out
- (in computing): sort algorithm, sorting algorithm
- (typography): glyph, type
- See also Thesaurus:class
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old French sortir (“allot, sort”), from Latin sortire (“draw lots, divide, choose”), from sors.
Verb
sort (third-person singular simple present sorts, present participle sorting, simple past and past participle sorted)
- (transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.
- Synonyms: categorize, class, classify, group
- (transitive) To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
- Synonyms: order, rank
- (transitive) To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
- (transitive, obsolete) To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.
- (transitive, obsolete) To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
- (intransitive) To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
- (intransitive) To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
- (Britain, colloquial, transitive) To fix (a problem) or handle (a task).
- Synonym: sort out
- (Britain, colloquial, transitive) To attack physically.
- Synonym: sort out
- If he comes nosing around here again I'll sort him!
- (transitive) To geld.
Usage notes
- In British sense “to fix a problem”, often used in constructions like “I’ll get you sorted” or “Now that’s sorted” – in American and Australian usage sort out is used instead.
Derived terms
- re-sort, resort
- sorted
- sorting
- sort out
Translations
Further reading
- sort at OneLook Dictionary Search
- sort in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
References
Anagrams
- RTOS, RTOs, TROs, orts, rost, rots, tors
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan sort, from Latin sortem, accusative singular of sors, from Proto-Italic *sortis, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?s??t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?s?rt/
- Rhymes: -??t
Noun
sort f (uncountable)
- luck
- fortune
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sort” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sort” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “sort” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sort” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse svartr (“black”), from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?so??d?]
Adjective
sort
- black (absorbing most light)
- under the table; done in secret so as to avoid taxation
Inflection
Derived terms
- (illicitly undisclosed): sort arbejde, sorte penge, sort marked
Adverb
sort
- under the table; secretly, so as to avoid taxation
Derived terms
- arbejde sort
See also
References
- “sort,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French sorte (“class, kind”), from Latin sors (“lot, fate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?s??d?]
Noun
sort c (singular definite sorten, plural indefinite sorter)
- sort, kind
- quality
- brand
- (botany) cultivar
Declension
References
- “sort,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Estonian
Etymology
From German Sorte.
Noun
sort (genitive sordi, partitive sorti)
- kind, sort, brand
Declension
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??/
- Homophone: sors
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Old French sort, from Latin sortem, accusative singular of sors, from Proto-Italic *sortis, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”). Cf. also the borrowed doublet sorte.
Noun
sort m (plural sorts)
- fate, destiny (consequences or effects predetermined by past events or a divine will)
- lot (something used in determining a question by chance)
- spell (magical incantation)
Derived terms
- le sort en est jeté
- mauvais sort
- tirage au sort
- tirer au sort
Related terms
- sorcier
- sorte
- sortir
Etymology 2
See sortir.
Verb
sort
- third-person singular present indicative of sortir
Further reading
- “sort” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Alternative forms
- sord (alternative orthography)
Etymology
From Latin surdus.
Adjective
sort
- deaf
Related terms
- sordine
See also
- mut
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??ort]
- Rhymes: -ort
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English shorts.
Noun
sort (plural sortok)
- shorts (pants worn primarily in the summer that do not go lower than the knees)
Declension
Synonyms
- rövidnadrág
Etymology 2
sor +? -t
Noun
sort
- accusative singular of sor
Derived terms
- sort kerít
References
Norman
Etymology
From Old French sort, from Latin sors, sortem.
Noun
sort m (plural sorts)
- (Jersey) fate
Synonyms
- destinné (“fate, destiny”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse svartr; compare Danish sort
Alternative forms
- svart
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su?/
- Rhymes: -u?
Adjective
sort (neuter singular sort, definite singular and plural sorte, comparative sortere, indefinite plural sortest, definite plural sorteste)
- black (colour)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French sorte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
sort m (definite singular sorten, indefinite plural sorter, definite plural sortene)
- a sort, kind or type
References
- “sort” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from French sorte.
Noun
sort m (definite singular sorten, indefinite plural sortar, definite plural sortane)
- a sort, kind or type
References
- “sort” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Plautdietsch
Noun
sort f (plural Sorten)
- sort, kind, type, ilk, variety
Polish
Etymology
From French sorte, from Old French sorte, from Latin sors, sortem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?rt/
Noun
sort m inan
- (colloquial) sort (type)
- Synonyms: gatunek, rodzaj
Declension
Derived terms
- (verbs) sortowa?, posortowa?, przesortowa?, wysortowa?
- (nouns) sortomierz, sortowacz, sortowaczka, sortownik, sortownica, sortownia
Related terms
- (noun) sorter
- (noun phrase) sortownik papierniczy
- (adjective) sortowniczy
Further reading
- sort in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- sort in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French sorte.
Noun
sort n (plural sorturi)
- sort, kind, variety
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from French sorte.
Pronunciation
Noun
sort c
- sort, kind
Declension
Synonyms
- slag
Anagrams
- Tors, orts, rost, rots, stor, tros
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