Synonyms for sort
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1. sort

   Air is that combination of qualities which makes the entire impression we receive in a person's presence; as, we say he has the air of a scholar, or the air of a villain. Appearance refers more to the dress and other externals. We might say of a travel-soiled pedestrian, he has the appearance of a tramp, but the air of a gentleman. Expression and look especially refer to the face. Expression is oftenest applied to that which is habitual; as, he has a pleasant expression of countenance; look may be momentary; as, a look of dismay passed over his face. We may, however, speak of the look or looks as indicating all that we look at; as, he had the look of an adventurer; I did not like his looks. Bearing is rather a lofty word; as, he has a noble bearing; port is practically identical in meaning with bearing, but is more exclusively a literary word. Carriage, too, is generally used in a good sense; as, that lady has a good carriage. Mien is closely synonymous with air, but less often used in a bad sense. We say a rakish air rather than a rakish mien. Mien may be used to express some prevailing feeling; as, "an indignant mien." Demeanor goes beyond appearance, including conduct, behavior; as, a modest demeanor. Manner and style are, in large part at least, acquired. Compare BEHAVIOR.

   Synonyms:
   air, appearance, bearing, behavior, carriage, demeanor, expression, fashion, look, manner, mien, port, style, way

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1. sort

   Synonyms:
   kind, species, nature, class, order, character, rank, manner, quality, condition, description, designation, genus

   Antonyms:
   non-description, solitariness, uniqueness, nonclassification, heterogeneity

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1. kind, sort, form, varietynoun

   a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

   "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"

   Synonyms:
   course, figure, flesh, frame, shape, kind, conformation, chassis, physical body, multifariousness, potpourri, soma, assortment, diverseness, human body, contour, grade, sorting, cast, form, mannikin, mannequin, physique, phase, word form, change, configuration, class, variant, motley, variety show, pattern, bod, miscellany, signifier, smorgasbord, miscellanea, descriptor, salmagundi, manikin, variety, strain, anatomy, mixture, mixed bag, var., diversity, material body, manakin, build

2. sortnoun

   an approximate definition or example

   "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"

   Synonyms:
   variety, form, sorting, kind

3. sortnoun

   a person of a particular character or nature

   "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort"

   Synonyms:
   variety, form, sorting, kind

4. sort, sortingverb

   an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion

   "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"

   Synonyms:
   variety, classification, form, categorization, sorting, categorisation, kind

5. screen, screen out, sieve, sortverb

   examine in order to test suitability

   "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"

   Synonyms:
   test, sift, assort, sieve, strain, class, riddle, classify, separate, screen, block out, sort out, shield, screen out

6. classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separateverb

   arrange or order by classes or categories

   "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, distinguish, classify, associate, single out, split up, shed light on, crystalise, differentiate, sieve, divide, crystalize, fall apart, part, crystallise, carve up, severalize, consort, split, come apart, separate, correct, severalise, dissever, furcate, assort, affiliate, class, illuminate, clear, discriminate, discipline, branch, secern, screen out, elucidate, screen, crystallize, clear up, enlighten, relegate, disunite, straighten out, tell, break, sort out, ramify, fork, break up, secernate

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1. sortnoun

   Synonyms:
   kind, species, description, class, denomination, character, nature

2. sortnoun

   Synonyms:
   manner, way, degree

3. sortverb

   Synonyms:
   distribute (into sorts), assort, class, classify

4. sortverb

   Synonyms:
   associate, consort, fraternize, be in familiar intercourse

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1. sortnoun

   Synonyms:
   kind, species, character, description, strain, class

2. sortverb

   Synonyms:
   assort, classify, conjoin, choose, select, cull, consort, associate, fraternize, harmonize, agree, accord, conform

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1. List of paraphrases for "sort":

   kind, type, sorting, genus, classification, art, trier, classify, species, order, form, genre, ordering, sorts, sorted, class, management, gender, guy, nature, fate

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1. Michael Li:

   Read MoreOn the flip side is sort of like the poster child for like the worst of all worlds.

2. White House:

   Based on their analysis they have not detected any sort of threat or threatening activities, they are monitoring movement of the ships but the intent of this is still unclear.

3. Matthew Shepard:

   I'm thrilled that Laramie's doing it, at the same time sort of saddened that the state of Wyoming can't see fit to do that as well.

4. Jason McLellan:

   What weve been able to do is produce the molecule thats on the surface of the coronavirus in our lab. So the surface of the virus contains these spike molecules that sort of resemble mushrooms and they use these molecules to bind to our cells and then cause the virus to enter the cells, so we really want to target these spikes to prevent their function and prevent the virus from getting into our cell.

5. Michel Milinkovitch:

   Elephants have sort of a toolkit of simple movements, and they can combine these simple movements to complex trajectories, they can adapt to the object you give them.