a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; sculpture is a form of art; what kinds of desserts are there?
an approximate definition or example; she wore a sort of magenta dress; she served a creamy sort of dessert thing'
a person of a particular character or nature; what sort of person is he?; he's a good sort'
an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting
[ Syn: sorting ]