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sort out
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Princeton's WordNet
classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separateverb
arrange or order by classes or categories
"How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidateverb
make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
"Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
discipline, correct, sort outverb
punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
"The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
Wiktionary
sort outverb
To clarify by reviewing mentally.
sort outverb
To fix, as a problem.
sort outverb
To organise or separate into groups, as a collection of items, so as to make tidy.
sort outverb
To separate from the remainder of a group; often construed with from.
sort outverb
To attack physically.
sort outverb
to provide recreational drugs for.
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sort out
To "sort out" generally refers to organizing, arranging, resolving, or clarifying an issue, situation or collection of items. It's a process of distinguishing items or problems and putting them into the appropriate order or settling them accordingly. This phrase can be used in various contexts including managing disputes, arranging paperwork or other items, or finding an appropriate solution for complex situations.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sort out in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sort out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of sort out in a Sentence
The big unknown is this: How much of that decline is due to something quirky because of the Omicron variant? Or, is this a weakness in the technology and it's not holding up? And it's very hard to sort out, all vaccines have strengths and weaknesses, and it may be that for mRNA that it does not produce durable protection. It could be that you go in, use mRNA vaccines to rapidly immunize a population, stabilize it, but then over time, you're going to have to come in with a heterologous boost that's a different technology.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault:
Absolutely Britain needs to sort out the problem of who represents it ... from there we can work on an agenda and a calendar.
That sometimes is harder than it may seem to sort out, but as physicians, we don’t want to be contributing to a national health crisis that we’re seeing all around us.
The committee will be able to sort out the problems and hopefully in one month this will be resolved.
We have to sort out our problems here, and part of the reason for the migration is the lack of jobs, the gap in wages between the United States and here, we need to work with the business community to revive the economy.
Translations for sort out
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- فرزArabic
- roztříditCzech
- clasificarSpanish
- selvittää, järjestää, erotella, vetää turpaan, selvitellä, hoitaaFinnish
- trier, résoudreFrench
- ठीक करनाHindi
- risolvereItalian
- исправлять, разобраться, отсортировывать, устранить, разбираться, исправить, устранять, сортировывать, отсоритроватьRussian
- problemi çTurkish
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