'Sorting' definitions:

Definition of 'sorting'

From: WordNet
noun
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]
noun
The basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories [syn: classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting]
noun
Grouping by class or kind or size

Definition of 'Sorting'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Rays which differ in refrangibility may be parted and sorted from one another. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To reduce to order from a confused state. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class. [1913 Webster]
  • Shellfish have been, by some of the ancients, compared and sorted with insects. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • She sorts things present with things past. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To choose from a number; to select; to cull. [1913 Webster]
  • That he may sort out a worthy spouse. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
  • I'll sort some other time to visit you. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To conform; to adapt; to accommodate. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • I pray thee, sort thy heart to patience. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'sorting'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Sorting'