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Definition of Sort out
1. Verb. Arrange or order by classes or categories. "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
Exact synonyms: Assort, Class, Classify, Separate, Sort
Specialized synonyms: Unitise, Unitize, Catalog, Catalogue, Isolate, Refer, Reclassify, Size, Dichotomise, Dichotomize, Pigeonhole, Stamp, Stereotype, Group, Grade, Count, Number
Entails: Compare
Generic synonyms: Categorise, Categorize
Derivative terms: Assortment, Class, Class, Class, Class, Class, Classification, Classification, Classification, Classificatory, Classifier, Sort, Sort, Sorter, Sorter, Sorting, Sorting
Specialized synonyms: Unitise, Unitize, Catalog, Catalogue, Isolate, Refer, Reclassify, Size, Dichotomise, Dichotomize, Pigeonhole, Stamp, Stereotype, Group, Grade, Count, Number
Entails: Compare
Generic synonyms: Categorise, Categorize
Derivative terms: Assortment, Class, Class, Class, Class, Class, Classification, Classification, Classification, Classificatory, Classifier, Sort, Sort, Sorter, Sorter, Sorting, Sorting
2. Verb. Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear. "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
Exact synonyms: Clear, Clear Up, Crystalise, Crystalize, Crystallise, Crystallize, Elucidate, Enlighten, Illuminate, Shed Light On, Straighten Out
Generic synonyms: Clarify, Clear Up, Elucidate
Derivative terms: Elucidation, Elucidation, Elucidative, Lucidity, Lucidity, Illumination
Generic synonyms: Clarify, Clear Up, Elucidate
Derivative terms: Elucidation, Elucidation, Elucidative, Lucidity, Lucidity, Illumination
3. Verb. Punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience. "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
Exact synonyms: Correct, Discipline
Generic synonyms: Penalise, Penalize, Punish
Derivative terms: Correction, Corrective, Corrigible, Discipline
Generic synonyms: Penalise, Penalize, Punish
Derivative terms: Correction, Corrective, Corrigible, Discipline
Definition of Sort out
1. Verb. (transitive) To clarify by reviewing mentally. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To fix, ''as'' a problem. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To organise or separate into groups, ''as'' a collection of items, so as to make tidy. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To separate from the remainder of a group; ''often construed with'' from. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive British slang) To attack physically. ¹
6. Verb. (UK slang) to provide recreational drugs for. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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