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(noun) an approximate definition or example; "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing" |
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Related Words: approximation |
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(noun) a person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort" |
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Related Words: human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul |
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(noun) an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery it the process of sorting" |
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Synonyms: sorting |
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Related Words: operation |
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(noun) a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?" |
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Synonyms: form, kind, variety |
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Related Words: antitype, art form, brand, category, description, flavor, flavour, genre, genus, ilk, make, manner, model, species, style, the like, the likes of, type, variety |
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(verb) arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" |
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Synonyms: assort, class, classify, separate, sort out |
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Related Words: catalog, catalogue, categorize, count, dichotomize, grade, group, number, pigeonhole, reclassify, refer, size, stamp, stereotype |
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(verb) examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants" |
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Synonyms: screen, screen out, sieve |
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Related Words: choose, pick out, select, take |
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