- of a sort (or of sorts)
- of a sort (or of sorts)of a somewhat unusual or inferior kind.
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of a sort (or of sorts)
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sort — ► NOUN 1) a category of people or things with a common feature or features. 2) informal a person with a specified nature: a friendly sort. 3) Computing the arrangement of data in a prescribed sequence. ► VERB 1) arrange systematically in groups.… … English terms dictionary
sort — [sôrt] n. [ME < MFr < VL * sorta < L sors (gen. sortis), lot, chance, fate, akin to serere, to join together, arrange: see SERIES] 1. any group of persons or things related by having something in common; kind; class 2. quality or type;… … English World dictionary
sort — (sor ; le t ne se lie pas : un sor infortuné ; au pluriel, l s ne se lie pas : des sor infortunés ; cependant quelques uns la lient : des sor z infortunés) s. m. 1° Destinée, considérée comme cause des événements de la vie, suivant l idée des… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
sort — n. & v. n. 1 a group of things etc. with common attributes; a class or kind. 2 (foll. by of) roughly of the kind specified (is some sort of doctor). 3 colloq. a person of a specified character or kind (a good sort). 4 Printing a letter or piece… … Useful english dictionary
sort — noun 1》 a category of people or things with a common feature. ↘informal a person with a specified nature. 2》 Computing the arrangement of data in a prescribed sequence. 3》 archaic a manner or way. verb 1》 arrange systematically in groups.… … English new terms dictionary
sort — [ sɔr ] n. m. • 1080; lat. sors, sortis 1 ♦ Effet magique, généralement néfaste, qui résulte de certaines opérations de sorcellerie. ⇒ 2. charme, ensorcellement, jettatura, maléfice, sortilège (cf. Mauvais œil). Jeter un sort à qqn. ⇒ ensorceler … Encyclopédie Universelle
Sort — Sort, n. [F. sorie (cf. It. sorta, sorte), from L. sors, sorti, a lot, part, probably akin to serere to connect. See {Series}, and cf. {Assort}, {Consort}, {Resort}, {Sorcery}, {Sort} lot.] 1. A kind or species; any number or collection of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sort — may mean * Sorting, any process of arranging items in sequence or in sets ** In conveyor lines sortage is the term for a checkweigher sorting products. ** Sorting algorithm, a computer process for arranging elements in lists ** Sort (Unix), a… … Wikipedia
Sort (C++) — sort is a function in C++ Standard Template Library that takes two random access iterators, the start and the end, as arguments and performs a comparison sort on the range of elements between the two iterators, front inclusive and end exclusive.… … Wikipedia
Sort — Sort, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sorted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sorting}.] 1. To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions, as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths according to their colors; to sort wool or thread according to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
