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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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