Methodize and Sort

(v.t.) To reduce to method; to dispose in due order; to arrange in a convenient manner; as, to methodize one's work or thoughts.

noun

• A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality.
  • usage: "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there"
  • synonyms: kind, form, variety
• An approximate definition or example.
  • usage: "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"
• A person of a particular character or nature.
  • usage: "what sort of person is he"; "he's a good sort"
• An operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion.
  • usage: "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"
  • synonyms: sorting

verb

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

• (v.t.) To reduce to order from a confused state.
• (v.t.) To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
• (n.) A kind or species; any number or collection of individual persons or things characterized by the same or like qualities; a class or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of horses; a sort of trees; a sort of poems.
• (v.t.) To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
• (n.) A pair; a set; a suit.
• (n.) Condition above the vulgar; rank.
• (v.t.) To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions, as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths according to their colors; to sort wool or thread according to its fineness.
• (v.t.) To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.
• (n.) A chance group; a company of persons who happen to be together; a troop; also, an assemblage of animals.
• (v.i.) To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
• (n.) Manner; form of being or acting.
• (v.i.) To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
• (n.) Letters, figures, points, marks, spaces or quadrats, belonging to a case, separately considered.
• (n.) Chance; lot; destiny.