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sort, n.
(sorts)
freq. cnt. 68
more info a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
<noun.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 253 freq. cnt.: 126 freq. cnt.: 65 freq. cnt.: 62

form kind sort variety

sample sentences

"sculpture is a form of art"
"what kinds of desserts are there?"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
sort
semantic pointers
hypernym
category
hyponym
description type antitype art form style flavor, flavour color, colour species genus brand, make genre ilk, like manner model stripe the like, like, the likes of
more info an approximate definition or example
<noun.attribute>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

sort

sample sentences

"she wore a sort of magenta dress"
"she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"
semantic pointers
hypernym
similarity
more info a person of a particular character or nature
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

sort

sample sentences

"what sort of person is he?"
"he's a good sort"
semantic pointers
hypernym
person, individual, someone, soul, mortal, somebody
more info an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
<noun.process>

sort sorting

sample sentences

"the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
sort sort
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
sort
semantic pointers
hypernym
operation