Forted vs. Sorted — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Forted and Sorted
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Forted
Simple past tense and past participle of fort
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A group of persons or things of the same general character; a kind. See Usage Note at kind2.
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Ensconced in or protected by a fort.
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Character or nature
Books of a subversive sort.
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Furnished with, or guarded by, forts; strengthened or defended, as by forts.
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Sorted
One that exemplifies the characteristics of or serves a similar function to another
"A large dinner-party ... made a sort of general introduction for her to the society of the neighbourhood" (George Eliot).
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A person; an individual
The clerk is a decent sort.
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(Computers) An operation that arranges data in a specified way
Did an alphabetic sort on the columns of data.
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(Archaic) A way of acting or behaving
"in this sort the simple household lived / From day to day" (William Wordsworth).
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To place or arrange according to class, kind, or size; classify
Sorted the books into boxes by genre.
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Sorted
To separate from others
Sort the wheat from the chaff.
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To make a search or examination of a collection of things
Sorted through the laundry looking for a matching sock.
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To be or become arranged in a certain way.
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Simple past tense and past participle of sort
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Put into some order by sorting.
A sorted list of numbers
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In good order, under control.
I have to get my life sorted.
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In possession of a sufficient supply, especially of narcotics.
Sorted for E's & Wizz (song by UK band Pulp)
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A general expression of approval or completion
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Arranged according to size
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Arranged into groups
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