Antonyms for sort out

Grammar : Verb

Spell : sawrt

Phonetic Transcription : sɔrt

Definition of sort out

Origin : late 14c., from Old French sorte "class, kind," from Latin sortem (nominative sors) "lot; fate, destiny; share, portion; rank, category; sex, class, oracular response, prophecy," from PIE root *ser- (3) "to line up" (cf. Latin serere "to arrange, attach, join;" see series). The sense evolution in Vulgar Latin is from "what is allotted to one by fate," to "fortune, condition," to "rank, class, order." Out of sorts "not in usual good condition" is attested from 1620s, with literal sense of "out of stock."

As in iron out : verb reconcile a situation
As in order : verb arrange, organize
As in pick : verb choose, select
As in right : verb fix, correct
As in select : verb pick out, prefer from among choices
As in study : verb examine, analyze
As in think : verb contemplate
As in weigh : verb consider, contemplate
As in unravel : verb solve
As in individualize : verb distinguish
As in ratiocinate : verb think
As in debug : verb troubleshoot
As in disentangle : verb unwind, disconnect; solve
As in distinguish : verb tell the difference
As in analyze : verb examine and determine
As in hammer out : verb bring to a conclusion

Example sentences :

Here you will have quite some writing to do, and bills to sort out.
Extract from : « From Farm to Fortune » by Horatio Alger Jr.

First they began to sort out the things to be kept for immediate use.
Extract from : « The Beach of Dreams » by H. De Vere Stacpoole

Mina was trying to sort out the state of things which would result.
Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope

Come, boys, sort out the green and hand us the flowers as we want them.
Extract from : « Jack and Jill » by Louisa May Alcott

Sort out the flakes that are good for making into spearheads.
Extract from : « The Later Cave-Men » by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

She obeyed and Leslie kneeling on the floor began to sort out the rags.
Extract from : « Daisy Ashford: Her Book » by Daisy Ashford

We hustled to sort out the nigs that belonged to us and get them on board.
Extract from : « Diary of an Enlisted Man » by Lawrence Van Alstyne

His back was turned to me as he commenced to sort out some papers.
Extract from : « The Yellow House » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

As soon as they land, they begin to sort out the great mass.
Extract from : « Our Little German Cousin » by Mary Hazelton Wade

Frank had got his employees to sort out the myriad of needles into lots of twenty-four.
Extract from : « Bound to Succeed » by Allen Chapman

Synonyms for sort out

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