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[ verb ] arrange or order by classes or categories

Examples

"How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

Used in print

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

This meant sorting_out press_clippings and the_like .

2
[ verb ] make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

Examples

: "Could you clarify these remarks?" "Clear up the question of who is at fault"

Used in print

(Frances and Richard Lockridge, Murder Has...)

Sort things out , damn_it .

Sort_out the next move .

3
[ verb ] punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience

Synonyms

correct discipline

Examples

"The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"

Related terms

punish discipline

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