'sort out' definitions:
Definition of 'sort out'
(from WordNet)
verb
Arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" [syn: classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate]
verb
Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" [syn: clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate]
verb
Punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience; "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently" [syn: discipline, correct, sort out]
Synonyms of 'sort out'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- analyze,
- answer,
- appraise,
- ascertain,
- assess,
- assort,
- assure,
- bolt,
- bottom,
- catalog,
- categorize,
- certify,
- cinch,
- clarify,
- class,
- classify,
- clear up,
- clinch,
- cogitate,
- collate,
- contradistinguish,
- cordon,
- cordon off,
- crack,
- cull out,
- debug,
- decide,
- decipher,
- decode,
- demarcate,
- demark,
- determine,
- differentiate,
- discriminate,
- disembroil,
- disentangle,
- disintricate,
- disinvolve,
- dismiss all doubt,
- distinguish,
- divide,
- divine,
- do,
- dope,
- dope out,
- draw the line,
- ensure,
- establish,
- evaluate,
- excogitate,
- explain,
- factor,
- fathom,
- figure out,
- find out,
- find the answer,
- find the solution,
- fix,
- gauge,
- get,
- get at,
- get right,
- ghettoize,
- gin,
- give thought to,
- gradate,
- grade,
- group,
- guess,
- guess right,
- have it,
- hit it,
- identify,
- insulate,
- insure,
- interpret,
- isolate,
- keep apart,
- keep aside,
- lay aside,
- make certain,
- make no doubt,
- make no mistake,
- make out,
- make sure,
- make sure of,
- mark the interface,
- nail down,
- open the lock,
- pick out,
- plumb,
- psych,
- psych out,
- put aside,
- puzzle out,
- quarantine,
- rank,
- ravel,
- ravel out,
- reason out,
- reassure,
- remove all doubt,
- resolve,
- riddle,
- screen,
- screen out,
- seclude,
- see that,
- see to it,
- segregate,
- select,
- separate,
- set a limit,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- set at rest,
- set off,
- settle,
- sever,
- severalize,
- sieve,
- sieve out,
- sift,
- sift out,
- size,
- solve,
- sort,
- split hairs,
- subdivide,
- subordinate,
- subtilize,
- think about,
- think out,
- think through,
- thrash,
- thrash out,
- thresh,
- unbraid,
- unclutter,
- uncoil,
- undo,
- unknot,
- unlock,
- unmix,
- unravel,
- unriddle,
- unscramble,
- unsnarl,
- untangle,
- unthread,
- untwine,
- untwist,
- unweave,
- unwind,
- weigh,
- winnow,
- work,
- work out