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• sorting the mail
• the computer sorts the words into alphabetical order.
• rubbish can easily be separated and sorted into plastics, glass and paper.
• women and children sorted the ore from the rock.

sort

1. to arrange things in groups or in a particular order according to their type, etc.; to separate things of one type from others
• see also sort somethingout
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• sorting the mail
• The computer sorts the words into alphabetical order.
• Rubbish can easily be separated and sorted into plastics, glass and paper.
• Women and children sorted the ore from the rock.
2. to deal with a problem successfully or organize something/somebody properly
• compare sorted
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/sorted
• I'm really busy—can you sort it?
3. to show or prove who is brave, skilful, etc. and who is not
4. to distinguish people who are good at something, intelligent, etc. from those who are not
• See related entries: Farm animals
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/farm_animals/sort_1
5. to distinguish useful or valuable people or things from ones that are not useful or have no value
• See related entries: Crops
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/crops/sort_2
• We sifted through the application forms to separate the wheat from the chaff.

Extra Examples

• I sorted the clothes out into two piles.
• If he can’t get his talk sorted out, we’ll have to ask someone else.
• Leave them to sort it out among themselves.
• She started sorting through the papers.
• She was busily sorting through her clothes.
• Someone will have to sort this problem out.
• Sort the books according to their subject matter.
• The most common way of grouping was to sort the children by ability.
• We sorted the washing into piles of different garments.
• Data can be sorted according to its source.
• Don’t worry. We’ll soon have this sorted.
• It’s all sorted.
• It’s our problem. We’ll get it sorted.
• It’s time you got yourself sorted.
• The documents were sorted by age and type.
• The mail is sorted automatically.
• The program sorts the numbers into ascending order.
• Waste is sorted for recycling.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they sort
• he / she / it sorts
• past simple sorted
• past participle sorted
• -ing form sorting

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French sorte, from an alteration of Latin sors, sort- ‘lot, condition’.