sorting

English Thesaurus

1. grouping by class or kind or size (noun.act)

hypernym	:	grouping,
definition	:	the activity of putting things together in groups (noun.act)

hyponym	:	triage,
definition	:	sorting and allocating aid on the basis of need for or likely benefit from medical treatment or food (noun.act)

hyponym	:	separation,
definition	:	sorting one thing from others (noun.act)

2. the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	basic cognitive process,
definition	:	cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	coordination,
definition	:	being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	appraisal, assessment,
definition	:	the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	ascription, attribution,
definition	:	assigning to a cause or source (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	ascription, attribution,
definition	:	assigning some quality or character to a person or thing (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	cross-classification, cross-division,
definition	:	classification according to more than one attribute at the same time (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	subsumption,
definition	:	incorporating something under a more general category (noun.cognition)

3. an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion (noun.process)

hypernym	:	operation,
definition	:	(computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction) (noun.process)

4. grouping by class or kind or size (noun.act)

derivation	:	assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out, assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out,
definition	:	arrange or order by classes or categories (verb.cognition)

5. the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	categorise, categorize,
definition	:	place into or assign to a category (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	classify, relegate,
definition	:	assign to a class or kind (verb.cognition)

6. an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion (noun.process)

derivation	:	assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out,
definition	:	arrange or order by classes or categories (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	screen, screen out, sieve, sort,
definition	:	examine in order to test suitability (verb.social)

7. grouping by class or kind or size (noun.act)

derivation	:	assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out, assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out,
definition	:	arrange or order by classes or categories (verb.cognition)

8. the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	categorise, categorize,
definition	:	place into or assign to a category (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	classify, relegate,
definition	:	assign to a class or kind (verb.cognition)

9. an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion (noun.process)

derivation	:	assort, class, classify, separate, sort, sort out,
definition	:	arrange or order by classes or categories (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	screen, screen out, sieve, sort,
definition	:	examine in order to test suitability (verb.social)