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What does sort mean?

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Noun
  1. A general type.
  2. Manner; form of being or acting.
  3. (obsolete) Condition above the vulgar; rank.
  4. (dated) Group, company.
  5. (informal) A person.
  6. An act of sorting.
  7. (computing) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.
  8. (typography) A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
  9. (mathematics) A type.
  10. (obsolete) Chance; lot; destiny.
  11. (obsolete) A pair; a set; a suit.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To separate according to certain criteria.
  2. (transitive) To arrange into some order, especially numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
  3. (Britain) To fix a problem, to handle a task; to sort out.
  4. (transitive) To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
  5. (intransitive) To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
  6. (intransitive) To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
  7. (transitive, obsolete) To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.
  8. (transitive, obsolete) To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
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