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SORT OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
Example:
Clear up the question of who is at fault
Synonyms:
clear; clear up; crystalise; crystalize; crystallise; crystallize; elucidate; enlighten; illuminate; shed light on; sort out; straighten out
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "sort out" is one way to...):
clarify; clear up; elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Arrange or order by classes or categories
Example:
How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
Synonyms:
assort; class; classify; separate; sort; sort out
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "sort out" is one way to...):
categorise; categorize (place into or assign to a category)
"Sort out" entails doing...:
compare (examine and note the similarities or differences of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sort out"):
unitise; unitize (separate or classify into units)
catalog; catalogue (make an itemized list or catalog of; classify)
isolate (separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them)
refer (think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another)
reclassify (classify anew, change the previous classification)
size (sort according to size)
dichotomise; dichotomize (divide into two opposing groups or kinds)
pigeonhole; stamp; stereotype (treat or classify according to a mental stereotype)
group (arrange into a group or groups)
grade (determine the grade of or assign a grade to)
count; number (put into a group)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
Meaning:
Punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
Example:
The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently
Synonyms:
correct; discipline; sort out
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "sort out" is one way to...):
penalise; penalize; punish (impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
