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- [sawrt]
- /sɔrt/
- /ˈsɔː.tər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sawrt]
- /sɔrt/
Definitions of sorter word
- noun sorter a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort. 1
- noun sorter character, quality, or nature: young people of a nice sort. 1
- noun sorter an example of something that is undistinguished or barely adequate: He is a sort of poet. 1
- noun sorter manner, fashion, or way: We spoke in this sort for several minutes. 1
- noun sorter Printing. any of the individual characters making up a font of type. characters of a particular font that are rarely used. 1
- noun sorter an instance of sorting. 1
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Origin of sorter
First appearance:
before 1200 One of the 9% oldest English words
1200-50; (noun) Middle English < Middle French sorte < Medieval Latin sort- (stem of sors) kind, allotted status or portion, lot, Latin: orig., voter's lot; (v.) Middle English sorten to allot, arrange, assort (< Middle French sortir) < Latin sortīrī to draw lots, derivative of sors; later senses influenced by the noun and by assort
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Parts of speech for Sorter
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sorter popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sorter usage trend in Literature
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