Dictionary

sort out en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (transitive) To clarify by reviewing mentally.
   • It's a bit confused at the moment, I'll try to sort it out later.
2. (transitive) To arrange.
   • Could you call Dave and sort out a meeting for tomorrow?
3. (transitive) To fix (a problem).
   • The computer won't let me delete that file; could you sort it out?
4. (transitive) To organise or separate into groups, as a collection of items, so as to make tidy.
   • Could you sort out your wardrobe and put the clothes you no longer use in one pile to give away and another to throw away?
5. (transitive) To separate from the remainder of a group; often construed with from.
   • They've already sorted out the students in group A, so we just need to worry about groups B and C.
   • We need to sort out the problems we can solve from the ones we can't.
6. (UK, slang, transitive) To take action to stop someone who has been causing trouble, often by physically attacking them.
   • Most of the babies and kids would be put to bed by one of the adults and left on their own. Every half an hour a bluecoat would walk around the aisles and if they heard crying from your chalet they would put your block and chalet number on a board to the right of the stage. The first few times I went to a proper church and saw the hymn order to the side of the pulpit I wondered why nobody was going to sort out those kids. 2016, Jon Bounds, Danny Smith, Pier Review: A Road Trip in Search of the Great British Seaside:
   • If you do that again, I'll soon sort you out.
7. (UK, slang) To provide (somebody) with a necessity, or a solution to a problem.
   • We really need to sort Chris out with a girlfriend.
   • Hey man, I want some weed. —I'll sort you out, mate.

Forms

Deriveds

sort oneself out

Translations (66)

fi järjestää (to organise or separate into groups) · fi erotella (to separate from the remainder of a group) · sv organisera (to organise or separate into groups) · sv fixa (to fix problem) · fi selvitellä (to clarify) · ru отсортирова́ть (to organise or separate into groups) · ru устрани́ть (to fix problem) · sv sortera (to organise or separate into groups) · fr résoudre (to fix problem) · ru устраня́ть (to fix problem) · fi vetää turpaan (slang: to attack physically) · sv ta hand om (to provide (somebody) with a necessity) · ru испра́вить (to fix problem) · sv fixa ihop (to provide (somebody) with a necessity) · sv arrangera (to arrange) · pt esclarecer (to clarify) · de helfen (slang: to attack physically) · it organizzare (to arrange) · es orillar (to fix problem) · de besorgen (to provide (somebody) with a necessity) · mi kopana (to separate from the remainder of a group) · fi selvittää (to fix problem) · de vereinbaren (to arrange) · sv dela upp (to separate from the remainder of a group) · de beheben (to fix problem) · sv sortera ut (to separate from the remainder of a group) · ru разбира́ться (to clarify) · de aussortieren (to separate from the remainder of a group) · de sich jmdn. vorknöpfen (slang: to attack physically) · pt resolver completamente (to fix problem) · fr trier (to organise or separate into groups) · de einrichten (to arrange) · it riordinare (to organise or separate into groups) · sv skilja (to separate from the remainder of a group) · sv nita (slang: to attack physically) · sv lösa (to fix problem) · it fissare (to arrange) · de zeigen (slang: to attack physically) · de trennen (to separate from the remainder of a group) · sv ordna (to arrange) · ru сортирова́ть (to organise or separate into groups) · pt resolver (to clarify) · it estrarre (to separate from the remainder of a group) · sv organisera (to arrange) · it risolvere (to fix problem) · de bewerkstelligen (to arrange) · pt separar (to organise or separate into groups) · de organisieren (to arrange) · de klären (to clarify) · es encargarse de (to fix problem) · it sistemare (to fix problem) · cs roztřídit (to organise or separate into groups) · de arrangieren (to arrange) · fi hoitaa (to provide (somebody) with a necessity) · de erledigen (to fix problem) · fi selvittää (to clarify) · ru разобра́ться (to clarify) · sv reda ut (to clarify) · sv skaffa (to provide (somebody) with a necessity) · hi ठीक करना (to fix problem) · de sortieren (to organise or separate into groups) · mi kōmaka (to organise or separate into groups) · de lösen (to fix problem) · ru исправля́ть (to fix problem) · sv fixa (to provide (somebody) with a necessity) · it ricapitolare (to clarify)