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To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.

Example: Sort the letters in those bags into a separate pile for each language.

To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.

Example: Sort those bells into a row in ascending sequence of pitch.

To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.

To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.

Ordering.

Categorizing.