Collocation and Sorting

noun

• A grouping of words in a sentence.
• The act of positioning close together (or side by side. )
  • usage: "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
  • synonyms: juxtaposition, apposition

(n.) The act of placing; the state of being placed with something else; disposition in place; arrangement.

(DoD, NATO) The physical placement of two or more detachments, units, organizations, or facilities at a specifically defined location.

noun

• An operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion.
  • usage: "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"
  • synonyms: sort
• The basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories.
  • synonyms: classification, categorization, categorisation
• Grouping by class or kind or size.

verb

• Examine in order to test suitability.
  • usage: "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"
  • synonyms: screen, screen out, sieve, sort
• Arrange or order by classes or categories.
  • usage: "How would you classify these pottery shards-are they prehistoric"
  • synonyms: classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate

(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Sort.

(DoD) In counterdrug operations, the process involved in differentiating traffic which could be involved in drug trafficking from legitimate air traffic. See also counterdrug operations.