sorting

Meanings

Plural: sortings

Noun

• an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
  • "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"
• the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
• grouping by class or kind or size
• verbal noun of sort:
• Ordering.
• verbal noun of sort:
• Categorizing.
• verbal noun of sort:
• Mending.

Verb

• examine in order to test suitability
• arrange or order by classes or categories
• present participle and gerund of sort

Synonyms

assort, categorisation, categorization, class, classification, classify, screen, screen out, separate, sieve, sort, sort out