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UK
/sˈɔːtɪŋ/
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[ US /ˈsɔɹtɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈsɔɹtɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- grouping by class or kind or size
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an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting - the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
How To Use sorting In A Sentence
- The literature on rationale effects provided a good deal of support for the general position that undesirable behaviors can often be suppressed without resorting to punishment. Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers,
- Tonight is blissfully planless, and will likely feature sorting through stories with Adam and catching up on the TiVo stuff. Odin's Day
- Most of us tend to entertain our friends in the family room; a formal dining room becomes a mail sorting place, and a formal living room is a museum for curios and uncomfortable furniture.
- He considers the mode of assorting the cards in each hand; often counting trump by trump, and honor by honor, through the glances bestowed by their holders upon each. The Murders in the Rue Morgue
- These are ridiculous enough on their own without resorting to ageism or sizeism. Times, Sunday Times
- General sorting categories are whites, light colors, bright or deep-colored materials, permanent press, delicates, and clothes for the dry cleaners.
- I applaud the author for avoiding the first time novelist's trap of resorting to cliches and stereotyping.
- What the UN and the West are doing is the colonial thing of merely resorting to bully-boy tactics, Neither would attempt to pass judgement let alone threaten to intervene using military force, in any election held in the Russian Federation or attempt to invade China because it does not have democractic government. Ivory Coast's descent into madness
- I've been sorting out my study all day, but it's such a mess I don't feel I'm getting anywhere.
- By resorting to nonwar means of achieving his objectives, he would earn worldwide acclamation and gratitude by letting peace prevail, following the wise old saying, "Discretion is the better part of valor. Mail Call: Show Us The Proof