Definition of: sort

(sôrt) noun
1. Any number or collection of persons or things characterized by the same or similar qualities; a kind; species; class; set.
2. Form of being or acting; character; nature; quality; also, manner; way; style.
3. Printing A character or type considered as a portion of a font: usually in the plural.
4. Obs. Social rank, especially high rank.
5. Obs. A lot; destiny.
—of sorts Originally, of various or different kinds; now, of a poor or unsatisfactory kind: used disparagingly: an actor of sorts.
—sort of Somewhat.
—v.t.
1. To arrange or separate into grades, kinds, or sizes; classify; assort.
—v.i.
2. To agree; be suitable; correspond.
3. To associate; consort. [<OF sorte <L sors, sortis lot, condition]
—sort′a·ble adjective
—sort′a·bly adverb
—sort′er noun Synonyms (noun): character, condition, degree, denomination, description, kind, nature, order, race, rank, style.