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/sɔɹt/ · 4 letters · 4 distinct letters

  1. noun

    a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

    sculpture is a form of art

  2. noun

    an approximate definition or example

    she wore a sort of magenta dress

  3. noun

    a person of a particular character or nature

    what sort of person is he?

  4. noun

    an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion

    the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting

  5. verb

    examine in order to test suitability

    screen these samples

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