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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sorting has 3 senses
- sorting(n = noun.process) sort - an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting" is a kind of operation
- sorting(n = noun.cognition) categorisation, categorization, classification - the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories; Array has particulars: coordination, appraisal, assessment, ascription, attribution, ascription, attribution, cross-classification, cross-division, subsumption
- sorting(n = noun.act) Array - grouping by class or kind or size; Array is a kind of grouping
Derived form verb sort2
is a kind of basic cognitive process
has particulars: triage, separation
Derived form verb sort2
THESAURUS
sorting
EDP, analysis, analyzing, appraisal, arrangement, assessment, assortment, cataloging, categorization, classification, classifying, codification, collating, computer technology, computer typesetting, computing, culling, data processing, data retrieval, division, electronic data processing, evaluation, factoring, filing, gauging, gradation, grading, grouping, high-speed data handling, identification, indexing, machine computation, pigeonholing, placement, ranging, ranking, rating, reporting, scanning, screening, selection, sifting, sifting out, sorting out, stratification, subdivision, subordination, tabulation, taxonomy, triage, typology, weighing, winnowingROGET THESAURUS
sorting
Arrangement
N arrangement, plan, preparation, disposal, disposition, collocation, allocation, distribution, sorting, assortment, allotment, apportionment, taxis, taxonomy, syntaxis, graduation, organization, grouping, tabulation, analysis, classification, clustering, division, digestion, digest, synopsis, syntagma, table, atlas, file, database, register, organism, architecture, sieve, riddle, screen, sorter, arranged, embattled, in battle array, cut and dried, methodical, orderly, regular, systematic, In vast cumbrous array.
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