sorts
plural of “sort” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
An inflected form of sort · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,372 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,282 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality also: kind, form, variety sculpture is a form of artwhat kinds of desserts are there?
- an approximate definition or example she wore a sort of magenta dressshe 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 also: sorting the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting
sorts in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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They saw all sorts of strange things in the market.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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All sorts of creatures, strange to the boys, were to be seen in the sea.
Under Drake's Flag · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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Would I impose upon myself privations of all sorts, if it were to accomplish nothing?
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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She sorts her frowns and favours so, As when I gain or lose I cannot know.
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia · Martha Foote [Editor] Crow · Chapter 1
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She was, with painful astonishment, soon convinced that these were the carcasses of all sorts of insects.
Piccolissima · Adélaïde de Montgolfier · Chapter 1