sortieren — meaning in English

English meaning

• collate verb To compare different documents in order to find what is similar or different between them.
• sort noun A particular type or kind of something.

Senses

sortieren is used for these senses in English:

• sort (transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.
• sort out (transitive) To organise or separate into groups, as a collection of items, so as to make tidy.

collate — full definition

1. verb To compare different documents in order to find what is similar or different between them.
2. verb To put items together in a sensible order.
3. verb To arrange several copies of printed pages into the right order, one set at a time, usually before they are bound.
4. verb To bestow or confer.

sort — full definition

1. noun A particular type or kind of something.
2. verb To arrange items into groups or a particular order, based on some shared quality.
3. verb Informal: to fix a problem or deal with a task.

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