Word of the Day: Sort
Use the word “sort” when organizing things or putting things into categories.
- When doing laundry, sort the white and light-colored clothing from the dark-colored clothing.
- Sometimes it’s necessary to sort through your clothing and get rid of the clothes that you no longer wear.
- Files in filing cabinets are sorted alphabetically or in order of importance.
- Employers sort through resumes to choose the best applicants for open positions.
- Before soaking and cooking dried beans, sort through the beans to make sure they are good.
- Shoppers sort through sale items at stores to find good deals.
The word “sort” is often used with the preposition “of” when categorizing a person or a thing or when describing things. “Sort of” is also similar to “a little,” “somewhat,” or “kind of.”
- The test we took was sort of easy. (It was a little easy.)
- That guy down the block is sort of mean. (He’s somewhat mean.)
- Dan’s boss is sort of a jerk. (He’s kind of a jerk.)
- Vanessa said she was sort of tired after working all morning. (She was tired.)
- Today is not the sort of day to spend outside. It’s too cold. (Notice that “the sort of” is used when talking about a category or type.)
- This is not the sort of weather that most people like.
- He’s not the sort of person who likes to play games.
- That’s is the sort of house that I grew up in.
- Those sorts of people make me angry.
- This sort of problem is very common.
Essential English Dictionary
Visit the Popular English Words Beginning with S page to see the list of all words starting with letter S. For seeing the HiCafe dictionary, visit the Popular English Words with Meaning page.
