What (who) is Sort - definition

2002 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT TREATY BETWEEN THE U.S. AND RUSSIA

Treaty of Moscow (2002); Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions; Moscow Treaty (2002); SORT

sort

I. n.

Species, kind.

Kind, species, description, class, denomination, character, nature, order, race, rank.

Manner, way.

Degree, manner.

II. v. a.

Distribute (into sorts), assort, class, classify, arrange.

Order, reduce to order, arrange.

Conjoin, join, put together.

Select, choose, elect, pick out.

III. v. n.

Associate, consort, fraternize.

Suit, fit, accord, be in harmony with, agree with, be adapted to.

Issue, fall out, terminate.

Agree.

sort

¦ noun

1. a category of people or things with a common feature.

informal a person with a specified nature.

2. Computing the arrangement of data in a prescribed sequence.

3. archaic a manner or way.

¦ verb

1. arrange systematically in groups.

separate from a mixed group.

(sort through) look at in succession for classification or to make a selection.

2. (sort someone/thing out) resolve a problem or difficulty.

(sort someone out) informal deal with a troublesome person.

Phrases

in some sort dated to some extent.

of a sort (or of sorts) of a somewhat unusual or inferior kind.

out of sorts slightly unwell or unhappy.

sort of informal to some extent.

Derivatives

sortable adjective

sorter noun

Origin

ME: from OFr. sorte, from an alt. of L. sors, sort- 'lot, condition'.

Usage

The construction these sort of, as in I don't want to answer these sort of questions, is ungrammatical and should be avoided in formal writing. This is because these is plural and needs to agree with a plural noun; the correct usage is these sorts of questions. See also usage at kind¹.

sort

n. a bad; curious; good sort (a curious sort of a life)

Wikipedia

Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty

The Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive Reductions (SORT), also known as the Treaty of Moscow, was a strategic arms reduction treaty between the United States and Russia that was in force from June 2003 until February 2011 when it was superseded by the New START treaty.

At the time, SORT was positioned as "represent[ing] an important element of the new strategic relationship" between the two countries with both parties agreeing to limit their nuclear arsenal to between 1,700 and 2,200 operationally deployed warheads each. It was signed in Moscow on 24 May 2002.

After ratification by the U.S. Senate and the State Duma, SORT came into force on 1 June 2003. It would have expired on 31 December 2012 if not superseded by New START. Either party could have withdrawn from the treaty upon giving three months written notice to the other.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty

Pronunciation examples for Sort

1. Sorta.

Devoured - From Chicken Wings to Kale Smoothies _ Sophie Egan _ Talks at Google

2. sort.

Flashpoints - The Emerging Crisis in Europe _ George Friedman _ Talks at Google

3. Sorta.

Sacred Economics _ Charles Eisenstein _ Talks at Google

4. is sort of middling, sort of dull,

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5. involves sort of tizan and little sort

The 24-Hour Wine Expert _ Jancis Robinson _ Talks at Google

Examples of use of Sort

1. Same sort of jobs, same sort of lifestyles, same sort of friends probably.

2. "There were just sort of a series of epiphanies where sort of one piece or the other sort of falls into place," she said.

3. A different sort of politics means a different sort of politician, and the most credible way of being a different sort of politician is to be a woman.

4. "I‘m sort of mad and sort of glad about the strike," he said.

5. He sort of has a mix of Peter Sellers‘s acting and Rod Hull sort of bottle.