Definitions for sort of
sort of

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rather, kind of, kinda, sort ofadverb

   to some (great or small) extent

   "it was rather cold"; "the party was rather nice"; "the knife is rather dull"; "I rather regret that I cannot attend"; "He's rather good at playing the cello"; "he is kind of shy"

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1. sort ofadverb

   Approximately; in a way; partially; not quite; somewhat.

2. Etymology: From a reanalysis of "sort of" in a phrase such as "a sort of merry dance" from noun ("sort") and preposition ("of") from the prepositional phrase "of merry dance" to adverb modifying "merry".

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1. Sort Of

   Sort Of is the debut studio album by the avant-rock band Slapp Happy. It was recorded in Wümme, Bremen, Germany in May and June 1972 with Faust as their backing band, and released on LP by Polydor Records in 1972. In 1980 Recommended Records released a limited edition of Sort Of on LP, and the album was reissued on CD by Blueprint Records in 1999 with one bonus track.

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1. sort of

   "Sort of" is a phrase often used as an adverb meaning to some extent, somewhat, relatively, or moderately. It implies partial or incomplete attributes, characteristics, or similarities to something else. It's often used to indicate that one is unsure or hesitant about fully describing or committing to a particular status, or to soften a statement for politeness or modesty.

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1. Sort Of

   Sort Of is the debut album of the avant-rock band Slapp Happy. It was recorded in Wümme, West Germany in May and June 1972.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sort of' in Written Corpus Frequency: #238

How to pronounce sort of?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sort of in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sort of in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of sort of in a Sentence

1. Andrew McCabe:

   Andrew McCabe's clearly targeting the person who's filed this complaint that affects Andrew McCabe seriously and is kind of laying the marker down that Andrew McCabe wants this person's identity and Andrew McCabe wants to be able to follow-up on this. So absolutely a total contravention of all the protections for whistleblowers, so you have to ask, was this some sort of a message to all of those folks and indeed a message to all people serving in the government that if they step forward with complaints, they can expect the President to come after them ?

2. Kristina Wong:

   I was like' I can do this. I can sew.' I just sort of refuse to believe that we're powerless in these situations, i made my first mask on March 20th. I posted on my Facebook page' If you are immunocompromised or don't have access to masks, I'll make you a mask. Just reimburse me $ 5 for postage.'.

3. Florida Democratic:

   It would certainly be better to not have him in the race, [Grayson] tends to sort of rely on hyperbole and invective, and I'm not sure that's the kind of primary which is healthy for us.

4. Trump Jr.:

   I think throughout our lives, he's always been there. It's usually been on his terms. It wasn't a typical' let's go play catch in the backyard' sort of father/son relationship, but we always went to job sites with him. We'd be in his office playing with trucks as a 6-year-old while he's negotiating deals with presidents of major companies.

5. David Cicilline:

   If you look at the size of some of the large platforms, their ability to exclude people from the platform can result in closing the business, that's sort of the most dangerous consequence of this kind of concentration is the ability to exclude rivals, put them out of business, diminish innovation, diminish entrepreneurship, diminish choices for consumers.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sort of
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sort_of
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sort_of
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sort of