nnoun.cognitiona category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or qualitySynset:form kind variety
Examples:- sculpture is a form of art
- what kinds of desserts are there?
Derivationally Related Form:sort
Hypernyms:category
Inherited Hypernyms:kindcategoryconceptideacontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:antitypeart formbrandcolorcolourdescriptionflavorflavourgenregenusilklikemakemannermodelspeciesstripestylethe likethe likes oftype
Full Hyponyms:antitypearchitectural styleart formbauhausbrandbreedbyzantine architecturecharmclassical architecturecolordescriptionflavorgenregenusgothicgreek architecturelikemannermodelmoorishnaturenorman architectureperpendicularroman architectureromanesquesonata formspeciesstrangenessstripestyletudor architecturetypeversionvictorian architecture
nnoun.attributean approximate definition or exampleExamples:- she wore a sort of magenta dress
- she served a creamy sort of dessert thing
Hypernyms:similarity
Inherited Hypernyms:sortsimilaritysamenessqualityattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.persona person of a particular character or natureExamples:- what sort of person is he?
- he's a good sort
Hypernyms:individual mortal person somebody someone soul
Inherited Hypernyms:sortpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:sortpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.processan operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterionSynset:sorting
Examples:- the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting
Derivationally Related Form:sort
Hypernyms:operation
Inherited Hypernyms:sortoperationdata processingprocessingprocessphysical entityentity
vverb.socialexamine in order to test suitabilitySynset:screen screen out sieve
Examples:- screen these samples
- screen the job applicants
Derivationally Related Form:screeningsortscreener
Hypernyms:choose pick out select take
Inherited Hypernyms:screenchoosedecide
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.cognitionarrange or order by classes or categoriesSynset:assort class classify separate sort out
Examples:- How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
Derivationally Related Form:classassortmentsortingclassificatorysortersortclassificationclassifier
Hypernyms:categorise categorize
Inherited Hypernyms:classifycategorizereasonthink
Direct Hyponyms:catalogcataloguecountdichotomisedichotomizegradegroupisolatenumberpigeonholereclassifyrefersizestampstereotypeunitiseunitize
Entailment:compare
Full Troponyms:batchbracketcataloguecollocatecountdichotomizegradegroupisolatepigeonholereclassifyreferregroupsizeunitize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody