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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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school
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: sko?ol, IPA(key): /sku?l/
- Rhymes: -u?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English scole, schole (“group of persons, multitude, host, school of fish”), from Middle Dutch scole (“multitude, troop of people, swarm of animals”), from Old Dutch *scola, *skola (“troop, multitude”), from Proto-Germanic *skul? (“crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)k?el- (“crowd, people”). Cognate with Middle Low German sch?le (“multitude, troop”), Old English scolu (“troop or band of people, host, multitude, school of fish”). Doublet of shoal. Compare Hebrew ???????????? (“*(s)c?l?–education”), Hebrew ??????????? (“*(s)k?ol–cluster”).
Alternative forms
- skull (obsolete)
Noun
school (plural schools)
- (collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
- The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel.
- A multitude.
Synonyms
- (fish): shoal
Translations
Verb
school (third-person singular simple present schools, present participle schooling, simple past and past participle schooled)
- (intransitive) (of fish) To form into, or travel in a school.
Etymology 2
From Middle English scole, from Old English sc?l (“place of education”), from Proto-Germanic *sk?la (“school”), from Late Latin schola, scola (“learned discussion or dissertation, lecture, school”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (skholeîon), from ????? (skhol?, “spare time, leisure; conversations and the knowledge gained through them during free time; the places where these conversations took place”), from Proto-Indo-European *se??- (“to hold, have, possess”). Doublet of schola and shul. Compare Old Frisian sk?le, sch?le (“school”) (West Frisian skoalle, Saterland Frisian Skoule), Dutch school (“school”), German Low German School (“school”), Old High German scuola (“school”), Old Norse skóli (“school”).Influenced in some senses by Middle English schole (“group of persons, host, company”), from Middle Dutch scole (“multitude, troop, band”). See school1. Related also to Old High German sigi (German Sieg, “victory”), Old English si?e, sigor (“victory”).
Alternative forms
- schole (obsolete)
Noun
school (plural schools)
- (US, Canada) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
- (Britain) An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
- (Britain) At Eton College, a period or session of teaching.
- Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.
- An art movement, a community of artists.
- The Barbizon school of painters were part of an art movement towards Realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic Movement of the time.
- (considered collectively) The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.
- 1660, Jeremy Taylor, The Worthy Communicant; or a Discourse of the Nature, Effects, and Blessings consequent to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper
- Let no man be less confident in his faith […] by reason of any difference of judgment , which is in the several schools of Christians.
- 1660, Jeremy Taylor, The Worthy Communicant; or a Discourse of the Nature, Effects, and Blessings consequent to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper
- The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.
- The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held.
- The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age.
- He was a gentleman of the old school.
- 1883, Arthur Sherburne Hardy, But Yet a Woman
- His face pale but striking, though not handsome after the schools.
- An establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc.
Synonyms
- (institution dedicated to teaching and learning): academy, college, university
- (organizational unity within an educational institution): college, department, faculty, institute
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:school
Coordinate terms
- (institution providing primary and secondary education): nursery school, kindergarten, college, polytechnic, university
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Verb
school (third-person singular simple present schools, present participle schooling, simple past and past participle schooled)
- (transitive) To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).
- (transitive) To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
- 1998, Leigh Jones, "National bar exam methods win in ADA regulation test," The Journal Record, April 13,
- A blind law graduate who put the National Conference of Bar Examiners to the test got schooled in federal court.
- 2007, Peter David and Alvin Sargent, Spider-Man 3, Simon and Schuster, ?ISBN, pg. 216,
- "You again?" Sandman demanded. "I guess you didn't learn your lesson."
- "This time I'm gonna school you."
- 1998, Leigh Jones, "National bar exam methods win in ADA regulation test," The Journal Record, April 13,
- (transitive) To control, or compose, one's expression.
Derived terms
- schooling
Translations
Further reading
- school on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- school (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- school (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- cholos
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sxo?l/
- Hyphenation: school
- Rhymes: -o?l
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch schôle, from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek ????? (skhol?).
Noun
school f (plural scholen, diminutive schooltje n)
- A school, educational institution that provides education, whether combined with research or not
- A thematic educational institute within a larger one, such as in a university for a single research field.
- Any organisation providing instruction.
- A movement or stylistic trend.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: skool
- ? Northern Ndebele: isikolo
- ? N?uu: skool
- ? Sotho: sekolo
- ? Southern Ndebele: isikolo
- ? Shona: chikoro (through a Nguni intermediate)
- ? Tsonga: xikolo
- ? Venda: tshikolo
- ? Xhosa: isikolo
- ? Zulu: isikole
- ? Papiamentu: skol
- ? Sranan Tongo: skoro
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch sch?le, from Old Dutch *skola, from Proto-Germanic *skul?, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)k?el- (“crowd, people”).
Noun
school f (plural scholen, diminutive schooltje n)
- A school, group of fish or other aquatic animals.
Derived terms
- samenscholen
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
school
- singular past indicative of schuilen
- first-person singular present indicative of scholen
- imperative of scholen
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