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sort

noun
  1. an approximate definition or example
    “They wore a sort of magenta garment.”
  2. a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
    form
  3. a person of a particular character or nature
    “what sort of person is he?”
  4. an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
    “the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting”
    sorting
verb
  1. arrange or order by classes or categories
    class
  2. examine in order to test suitability
    screen
  3. to deal with or have fixed something to a satisfactory level
    “I'll sort out cleaning the dishes.”