Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sort

/soɹt/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.00 in modern English

Syllables
sort
IPA
/soɹt/
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A general type.

noun

Manner, way; form of being or acting.

Archaic

noun

Condition above the vulgar; rank.

Obsolete

noun

A person evaluated in a certain way.

Informal

noun

Group, company.

Obsolete

noun

A good-looking woman.

Australian usage; British usage; Informal

noun

An act of sorting.

noun

An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.

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Etymology

From Middle English sort, soort, sorte (cognate 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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /soɹt/
  • British English: /sɔːt/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Computing.

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Questions

How do you pronounce sort?
The recorded pronunciation is /soɹt/.
What does sort mean?
A general type.
Where does sort come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce sort

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