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[ noun ] a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
Examples "sculpture is a form of art" "what kinds of desserts are there?" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)`` You often hear people talk_about team_spirit and that sort of thing '' , Benington said in a conversation after the ceremonies , `` but what this team had was a_little different . (The Christian Science Monitor,...)The storyline , in sort , is wildly unrealistic . (The Providence Journal...)Since the hero , a sterling and upright fellow , is a rich Brown senior , while two Yalies are cast as virtual rapists , I suppose I should disqualify myself from sitting in judgment on `` Where_the_Boys_are '' , but I shall do nothing of the sort . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Records sound like records because they provide a different sort of experience than live music . It is this sort of experience that makes the concept of high_fidelity of real musical significance for the home music listener . |
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[ noun ] an approximate definition or example
Examples "she wore a sort of magenta dress" "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a person of a particular character or nature
Examples "what sort of person is he?" "he's a good sort" Used in print (George Harmon Coxe, Error of Judgement....)Calenda was not the sort who walked_around without one of his `` boys '' close_at_hand . Related terms |
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[ verb ] arrange or order by classes or categories
Examples "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" |
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[ verb ] examine in order to test suitability
Synonyms Examples "screen these samples" "screen the job applicants" Related terms |
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