English Explanatory Dictionary

sort out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To clarify by reviewing mentally.
  2. To arrange.
  3. To fix (a problem).
  4. To organise or separate into groups, as a collection of items, so as to make tidy.
  5. To separate from the remainder of a group; often construed with from.
  6. To take action to stop someone who has been causing trouble, often by physically attacking them.
  7. To provide (somebody) with a necessity, or a solution to a problem.

Pronunciation

En-au-sort out.ogg

Word forms

sort out sorts out sorting out sorted out

Derived words

sort oneself out
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