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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting" [syn: sort, sorting]
2: the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories [syn: classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting]
3: grouping by class or kind or size

U.S. Military Dictionary

In counterdrug operations, the process involved in differentiating traffic which could be involved in drug trafficking from legitimate air traffic. See also counterdrug operations. (JP 3-07.4)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sort Sort, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sorting.] 1. To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions, as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths according to their colors; to sort wool or thread according to its fineness. Rays which differ in refrangibility may be parted and sorted from one another. --Sir I. Newton. 2. To reduce to order from a confused state. --Hooker. 3. To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class. Shellfish have been, by some of the ancients, compared and sorted with insects. --Bacon. She sorts things present with things past. --Sir J. Davies. 4. To choose from a number; to select; to cull. That he may sort out a worthy spouse. --Chapman. I'll sort some other time to visit you. --Shak. 5. To conform; to adapt; to accommodate. [R.] I pray thee, sort thy heart to patience. --Shak.

Moby Thesaurus

EDP, analysis, analyzing, appraisal, arrangement, assessment, assortment, cataloging, categorization, classification, classifying, codification, collating, computer technology, computer typesetting, computing, culling, data processing, data retrieval, division, electronic data processing, evaluation, factoring, filing, gauging, gradation, grading, grouping, high-speed data handling, identification, indexing, machine computation, pigeonholing, placement, ranging, ranking, rating, reporting, scanning, screening, selection, sifting, sifting out, sorting out, stratification, subdivision, subordination, tabulation, taxonomy, triage, typology, weighing, winnowing