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sort

n. an approximate definition or example; "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"

sort

n. a person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort"

out

n. a return or service that does not land within the in-bounds limits

out

n. (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning"

sort, sorting

n. an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"

kind, sort, form, variety

n. a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"

sort

v. arrange data in a specified order

out

v. reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent"

out, come out

v. be made known; be disclosed or revealed; "The truth will out"

come out of the closet, out, come out

v. to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This actor outed last year"

classify, class, sort, assort, separate

v. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

out

adv. moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden; "the cat came out from under the bed";

away, out

adv. from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"

out, away from home

adv. "They went out last night"

out

adj. outer or outlying; "the out islands"

out

adj. no longer fashionable; "that style is out these days"

out, unfashionable

adj. (unpopular)

class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class

n. people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"

version, variant, variation, edition

n. something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father"

variety

n. (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics; "varieties are frequently recognized in botany"

class

n. (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

subspecies, race

n. (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species

organize, organise, coordinate

v. bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?"

arrange, set up, put, order

v. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

rate, rank, range, order, grade, place

v. assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

codify

v. organize into a code or system, such as a body of law; "Hammurabi codified the laws"

measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value

v. evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk"

calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast

v. judge to be probable

arrange, set up

v. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

label

v. distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom

label

v. distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions

outermost, outmost

adj. situated at the farthest possible point from a center

outside

adj. on or toward an outer edge; "an outer lane"; "the outside lane"

satellite

adj. surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power; "a city and its satellite communities"

antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p), outmoded, passe, passee

adj. out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"

dated

adj. marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past

dowdy, frumpy, frumpish

adj. primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"

prehistoric

adj. no longer fashionable; "my mother has these prehistoric ideas about proper clothes"

disliked

adj. regarded with aversion; "he was intensely disliked"

less-traveled

adj. not visited by many travelers; "the tourist's desire to visit less-traveled countries"

in, inside an enclosed space

adv. to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door"

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