sort
noun/sɔːrt/
Слово англійською: sort
Переклад sort українською: вид (сорт і т. д.), я́кось, як-не́будь
Детальний опис
- [countable] a group or type of people or things that are similar in a particular way synonym kind
- sort of somebody/something ‘What sort of music do you like?’ ‘Oh, all sorts.’
- This sort of problem is quite common./These sorts of problems are quite common.
- He's the sort of person who only cares about money.
- The sort/sorts of people who are having large families in the US and Ireland are very similar.
- For dessert there's a fruit pie of some sort (= you are not sure what kind).
- Most people went on training courses of one sort or another (= of various types) last year.
- (informal) There were snacks—peanuts, olives, that sort of thing.
- (informal) There are all sorts of activities (= many different ones) for kids at the campsite.
- (informal) What sort of price did you want to pay? (= approximately how much)
- (informal) What sort of time do you call this? (= I'm very angry that you have come so late.)
- Statements like these are not the sort of stuff you'd expect from one of Australia's most powerful women.
- (informal) Tracey has been causing her mother all sorts of problems (= many different ones).
Grammar Point kind / sortkind / sort- Use the singular (kind/sort) or plural (kinds/sorts) depending on the word you use before them:
- each/one/every kind of animal
- all/many/other sorts of animals.
- Kind/sort of is followed by a singular or uncountable noun:
- This kind of question often appears in the exam.
- That sort of behaviour is not acceptable.
- Kinds/sorts of is followed by a plural or uncountable noun:
- These kinds of questions often appear in the exam.
- These sorts of behaviour are not acceptable.
- Other variations are possible but less common:
- These kinds of question often appear in the exam.
- These sort of things don’t happen in real life.
- Note also that these examples are possible, especially in spoken English:
- The shelf was full of the sort of books I like to read.
- He faced the same kind of problems as his predecessor.
- There are many different sorts of animal on the island.
- What kind of camera is this?
- What kind/kinds of cameras do you sell?
- There were three kinds of cakes/cake on the plate.
- [countable, usually singular] (informal, especially British English) a particular type of person
- My brother is not the sort to lie about something like that.
- [singular] (computing) the process of putting data in a particular order
- to do a sort
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French sorte, from an alteration of Latin sors, sort- ‘lot, condition’.
Idioms
it takes all sorts (to make a world)
- (saying) used to say that you think somebody’s behaviour is very strange or unusual but that everyone is different and likes different things
- ‘They spent their honeymoon mountain climbing.’ ‘Oh well, it takes all sorts!’
nothing of the sort/kind
- used to emphasize that the situation is very different from what has been said
- ‘I was terrible!’ ‘You were nothing of the sort.’
of sorts
- (informal) used when you are saying that something is not a good example of a particular type of thing
- He offered us an apology of sorts.
out of sorts
- (especially British English) ill or upset
- She was tired and out of sorts by the time she arrived home.
- Are you feeling all right? You look a bit out of sorts.
sort of
(also sorta)
(informal)- to some extent but in a way that you cannot easily describe
- She sort of pretends that she doesn't really care.
- ‘Do you understand?’ ‘Sort of.’
a/some sort of something
- (informal) used for describing something in a not very exact way
- I had a sort of feeling that he wouldn't come.
- She was jumping around like some sort of kangaroo.
- They're a sort of greenish-blue colour.
- I was glad about it afterwards, in a funny sort of way.