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- noun
- verb
- adjective
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- instance, member or derived
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
sculpture is a form of art
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- class derivation
Sense 2 verb
examine in order to test suitability
screen these samples
Types & categories
- choose hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
an approximate definition or example
she wore a sort of magenta dress
Types & categories
- similarity hypernym
Sense 4 verb
arrange or order by classes or categories
How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
Types & categories
- categorize hypernym
- unitize hyponym
- catalogue hyponym
- isolate hyponym
- refer hyponym
- reclassify hyponym
- size hyponym
- dichotomize hyponym
- stereotype hyponym
- group hyponym
- grade hyponym
- number hyponym
Related & opposite
- classification derivation
- sorting derivation
- sorter derivation
- categorization derivation
- sort derivation
- categorization derivation
- social class derivation
- class derivation
- class derivation
- class derivation
- classifier derivation
- sorter derivation
- sorting derivation
- classificatory derivation
- compare entails
Sense 5 noun
a person of a particular character or nature
what sort of person is he?
Types & categories
- person hypernym
Sense 6 noun
an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting
Types & categories
- operation hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | class |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | category |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | description |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | type |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | antitype |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | art form |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | style |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flavour |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | colour |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | species |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | genus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | make |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | genre |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ilk |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | manner |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | model |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stripe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | like |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | screening |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | screener |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sorting |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | choose |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | similarity |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | classification |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sorting |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sorter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | categorization |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sort |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | categorization |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | social class |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | class |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | class |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | class |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | classifier |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sorter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sorting |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | classificatory |
| 4 | entails | Related & opposite | compare |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | categorize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | unitize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | catalogue |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | isolate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | refer |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | reclassify |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | size |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dichotomize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | stereotype |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | group |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | grade |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | number |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | class |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sieve |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | operation |