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English noun: sorting | |||
| 1. | sorting (process) an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion | ||
| Samples | The bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting. | ||
| Synonyms | sort | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | operation | ||
| 2. | sorting (cognition) the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories | ||
| Synonyms | categorisation, categorization, classification | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | basic cognitive process | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | appraisal, ascription, ascription, assessment, attribution, attribution, coordination, cross-classification, cross-division, subsumption | ||
| 3. | sorting (act) grouping by class or kind or size | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | grouping | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | separation, triage | ||
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