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| Main Entry: |
sort
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place in order |
| Synonyms: | arrange, assort, button down, catalogue, categorize, choose, class, classify, comb, cull, distribute, divide, file, grade, group, order, peg, pick, pigeonhole, put down as, put down for, put in order, put in shape, put to rights, rank, riddle, screen, select, separate, sift, size up, systematize, tab, typecast, winnow |
| Antonyms: | disorder, disorganize |
| Main Entry: | arrange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in an order |
| Synonyms: | align, array, class, classify, clear the decks, dispose, file, fix up, form, group, line up, methodize, organize, police, police up, position, put in good shape, put in order, put to rights, range, rank, regulate, sort, spruce, spruce up, systematize, tidy, whip into shape |
| Antonyms: | confuse, derange, disarrange, disorder, disorganize, disperse, disturb, mix up, scatter |
| 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: | classification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | categorization |
| Synonyms: | allocation, alloting, allotment, analysis, apportionment, arrangement, assignment, assortment, cataloguing, categorizing, codification, collocation, consignment, coordination, denomination, department, designation, disposal, disposition, distributing, distribution, division, echelon, gradation, grade, grading, graduation, group, grouping, kind, order, ordering, ordination, organization, pigeonholing, regulation, sizing, sorting, systematization, tabulating, taxonomy, typecasting |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | clear out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | empty something |
| Synonyms: | clean out, dispose of, eliminate, exhaust, get rid of, remove, sort, tidy up |
| Antonyms: | fill, fill up, put |
| Main Entry: | comb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange hair |
| Synonyms: | adjust, card, cleanse, curry, disentangle, dress, groom, hackle, hatchel, lay smooth, rasp, scrape, separate, smooth, sort, straighten, tease, untangle |
| Main Entry: | divide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in order; classify |
| Synonyms: | arrange, categorize, grade, group, separate, sort |
| Antonyms: | disarrange, disorganize |
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mend, repair |
| Synonyms: | adjust, amend, correct, debug, do up, doctor, emend, face-lift, fiddle with, overhaul, patch, put to rights, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, regulate, restore, retread, revamp, revise, see to, sort, tune up |
| Antonyms: | break, corrupt, destroy, unfix |
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