Sorting and Devising

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.

noun

• The act that results in something coming to be.
  • usage: "the devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans"; "the making of measurements"; "it was already in the making"
  • synonyms: fashioning, making

verb

• Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort.
  • usage: "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
  • synonyms: invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
• Arrange by systematic planning and united effort.
  • usage: "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
  • synonyms: organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
• Give by will, especially real property.
  • synonyms: devise

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