re-sort

verb

To repeat a sorting process; sort again.

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Meanings

verbre-sort (third-person singular simple present re-sorts, present participle re-sorting, simple past and past participle re-sorted)

present singular third person re-sorts · participle present re-sorting · participle past re-sorted · past re-sorted · alternative resort

  1. intransitivetransitiveTo repeat a sorting process; sort again.
    1 more example

    Until a few years ago, the lack of waste management made the Dhangadhi market foul-smelling. Today, it is relatively clean. A system that regularly collects waste from homes and businesses, enforces household segregation, re-sorts it at a collection center, and sends saleable materials to the market has eased the sub-metropolitan city’s waste management.

    2026 August 21, Unnati Chaudhary, “Dhangadhi turns waste into business, but faces growing challenges”, in Nepal News, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2026, Feature
nounre-sort (plural re-sorts)

plural re-sorts · alternative resort

  1. An act of sorting again.

Origin

From re- + sort.

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Translations

Bulgarian преподреждам
  • преподреждам (prepodreždam)to repeat a sorting process
Chinese Mandarin 重新排列
  • 重新排列 (chóngxīn páiliè)to repeat a sorting process
Finnish uudelleenjärjestää, järjestää uudelleen
  • uudelleenjärjestääto repeat a sorting process
  • järjestää uudelleento repeat a sorting process
French retrier
  • retrierto repeat a sorting process
Greek επαναταξινομώ
  • επαναταξινομώ (epanataxinomó)to repeat a sorting process
Polish posortować ponownie
  • posortować ponownieto repeat a sorting process
Portuguese reordenar
  • reordenarto repeat a sorting process
Spanish reordenar, realinear
  • reordenarto repeat a sorting process
  • realinearto repeat a sorting process
  • reacomodarto repeat a sorting process
Swedish omsortera
  • omsorterato repeat a sorting process
Cite this entry
APA

re-sort. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-sort

MLA

“re-sort.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-sort. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “re-sort,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-sort.

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