sort

sort
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noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ best, worst
▪ right, wrong
▪ same, similar
▪ different
▪ funny, odd, strange
▪

He was friendly in a funny sort of way.

PREPOSITION
▪ sort of
▪

We sell all sorts of books.

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verb
1 put things into different groups/places
ADVERB
▪ busily
PREPOSITION
▪ according to
▪

Sort the books according to their subject matter.

▪ by
▪

The most common way of grouping was to sort the children by ability.

▪ into
▪

We sorted the clothes into piles.

▪ through
▪

She was busily sorting through her clothes.

PHRASES
▪ begin sorting sth, start sorting sth
▪ begin sorting through sth, start sorting through sth
▪

She started sorting through the papers.

2 (esp. BrE) find an answer to a problem
ADVERB
▪ out
▪

Someone will have to sort this problem out.

VERB + SORT
▪ have to
▪ try to
▪ help to, help sb to
▪ leave sb to
▪

Leave them to sort it out among themselves.

PHRASES
▪ get sth sorted (BrE), get sth sorted out
▪

If he can't get his talk sorted out, we'll have to ask someone else.

Sort is used with these nouns as the object: ↑mail

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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