Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of sort
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
Similar
Broader
nounthe basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
Broader
basic cognitive process
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian подреждане, сортиране
- подреждане (podreždane)ordering
- сортиране (sortirane)ordering
- категоризиране (kategorizirane)categorizing
- категоризация (kategorizacija)categorizing
Czech třídění, kategorizace
- tříděníordering
- kategorizacecategorizing
- tříděnícategorizing
Danish sortering, sortering
- sorteringordering
- sorteringcategorizing
Finnish lajittelu, lajitteleminen
- lajitteluordering
- lajitteleminencategorizing
Greek διαλογή
- διαλογή (dialogí)categorizing
Japanese 選別
- 選別 (senbetsu)categorizing
Polish sortowanie, sortowanie
- sortowanieordering
- sortowaniecategorizing
Russian сортиро́вка, сортиро́вка
- сортиро́вка (sortiróvka)ordering
- сортиро́вка (sortiróvka)categorizing
Spanish acotejo, compaginación
- acotejoordering
- compaginaciónordering
- categorizacióncategorizing
- clasificacióncategorizing
Swedish sortering, sortering
- sorteringordering
- sorteringcategorizing
Ukrainian сортува́ння, сортува́ння
- сортува́ння (sortuvánnja)ordering
- сортува́ння (sortuvánnja)categorizing
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
sorting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sorting
MLA
“sorting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sorting. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sorting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sorting.
Source: sorting on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.