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| Main Entry: | sort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | type, variety |
| Synonyms: | array, batch, battery, body, brand, breed, category, character, class, clutch, denomination, description, family, genus, group, ilk, kind, lot, make, nature, number, order, parcel, quality, race, set, species, stamp, stripe, style, suite, likes, likes of |
| Main Entry: | sort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place in order |
| Synonyms: | arrange, assort, catalogue, categorize, choose, class, classify, comb, cull, distribute, divide, file, grade, group, order, peg, pick, pigeonhole*, rank, riddle, screen, select, separate, sift, systematize, tab, winnow, button down, put down as, put down for, put in order, put in shape, put to rights, size up, typecast |
| Antonyms: | disorder, disorganize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assortment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | variety |
| Synonyms: | array, choice, collection, combination, diversity, garbage, group, hodgepodge, jumble, kind, mélange, medley, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, potpourri, selection, sort, combo |
| Main Entry: | breed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kind, class |
| Synonyms: | brand, character, extraction, family, feather, genus, ilk, line, lineage, lot, nature, number, pedigree, progeny, race, sort, species, stamp, stock, strain, stripe, type, variety, likes |
| Main Entry: | category |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | classification, type |
| Synonyms: | class, department, division, grade, group, head, heading, kind, league, level, list, order, pigeonhole*, rank, section, sort, tier, grouping |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | choose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pick, select |
| Synonyms: | accept, adopt, appoint, call for, cast, co-opt, commit oneself, crave, cull, decide on, designate, desire, determine, discriminate between, draw lots, elect, embrace, espouse, excerpt, extract, fancy, favor, feel disposed to, finger, fix on, glean, judge, love, make choice, make decision, make up one's mind, name, opt for, predestine, prefer, see fit, separate, set aside, settle upon, sift out, single out, slot, sort, tab, tag, take, take up, tap, want, weigh, will, winnow, wish, wish for |
| Notes: | choose means to pick out or select from a number of alternatives, while chose is the past tense of choose |
| Main Entry: | classify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | categorize |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, alphabetize, analyze, arrange, assort, brand, break down, button down, catalogue, class, codify, collocate, coordinate, correlate, dispose, distinguish, distribute, divide, docket, embody, file, grade, group, incorporate, index, label, match, name, number, order, organize, peg*, pigeonhole*, put away, put down as, put down for, range, rank, rank out, rate, regiment, segregate, size, size up, sort, systematize, tab, tabulate, tag, take one's measure, ticket, type, typecast |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | genre/genus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | type, class |
| Synonyms: | brand, category, character, classification, fashion, group, kind, school, sort, species, style |
| Main Entry: | genus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | type |
| Synonyms: | brand, breed, category, class, compartment, department, division, genre, group, kind, make, model, section, sort, style, subdivision, variety, subfamily |
| Main Entry: | grade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | evaluate, rank |
| Synonyms: | arrange, assort, brand, class, classify, group, order, range, rate, sort, value |
| Main Entry: | group |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | number of individuals collectively |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, assembly, association, assortment, band, batch, battery, bevy, body, bunch, bundle, cartel, category, chain, circle, class, clique, clot, club, clump, cluster, clutch, collection, combination, combine, company, conglomerate, congregation, coterie, covey, crew, crowd, faction, formation, gang, gathering, grade, league, lot, mess, organization, pack, parcel, party, platoon, pool, posse, set, society, sort, suite, syndicate, troop, trust, passel, shooting match |
| Main Entry: | ilk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kind, type |
| Synonyms: | brand, class, classification, denomination, gender, kin, lot, order, persuasion, race, set, sort, species, variety |
| Main Entry: | mold |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | form, pattern |
| Synonyms: | cast, cavity, character, class, depression, description, design, die, frame, image, impression, kind, lot, matrix, model, nature, shape, sort, stamp, type, womb |
| Main Entry: | pigeonhole |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | categorize; shelve |
| Synonyms: | assort, class, classify, defer, delay, dismiss, file, group, hold, hold up, label, peg*, postpone, put off, rank, sideline, sort, tab, table, hold off, lay aside, put aside, put down as, put on hold, put on ice, put on the bank burner, type cast |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take out residue; remove impurities |
| Synonyms: | analyze, clean, colander, comb, drain, evaluate, examine, explore, fathom, filter, go into, go through, grade, inquire, investigate, look into, pan, part, probe, prospect, purify, riddle, screen, scrutinize, search, separate, sieve, size, sort, strain, winnow, delve into, dig into, pore over |
| Antonyms: | put in |
| Main Entry: | species |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class, variety |
| Synonyms: | breed, category, collection, description, division, group, kind, lot, nature, number, order, sort, stripe*, type, likes |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | specimen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | example, sample |
| Synonyms: | case, case history, copy, cross section, embodiment, exemplar, exhibit, illustration, individual, instance, model, part, pattern, proof, representation, representative, sort, species, type, unit, variety, exemplification, sampling |
| Main Entry: | split up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep apart; segregate; separate |
| Synonyms: | break off, break up, detach, disband, disconnect, divide, divorce, group, part, seclude, sever, sort, undo, come apart, go separate ways, part company, rope off, stand between |
| Main Entry: | tribe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ethnic group; family |
| Synonyms: | association, blood, caste, clan, class, division, dynasty, horde, house, ilk, kin, kind, kindred, lineage, people, race, seed, society, sort, stock, type |
| Main Entry: | genre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | type |
| Synonyms: | brand, category, character, class, classification, fashion, genus, group, kind, school, sort, species, style |
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