sorted

[ sawr-tid ]

adjective

, Geology.

1. (of sedimentary particles) uniform in size.
2. (of sedimentary rock) consisting of particles of uniform size.

sorted

/ ˈsɔːtɪd /

interjection

1. an exclamation of satisfaction, approval, etc

adjective

1. possessing the desired recreational drugs

Other Words From

• well-sorted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sorted¹

First recorded in 1945–50; sort + -ed ²

Example Sentences

After you have the list of sorted names, you can add the participant’s email addresses so everyone gets a notification.

From Popular-Science

Olwyn had come over from Paris in September 1963 to help with the children until Ted sorted things out.

From The Daily Beast

Lena, Emilia, and I are laughing because we sorted the wig thing out nice and early.

From The Daily Beast

But he sorted that out, and for the rest of his long life, basked in the afterglow of the Kennedy White House.

From The Daily Beast

When it's messy you get the women in, but when the mess is sorted out keep the women, they are no threat.

From The Daily Beast

But grumble grumble sometimes my messages get sorted into the wrong folders.

From The Daily Beast

The classes themselves are ill-sorted and often troublesome, and are usually unwieldy by reason of their size.

From Project Gutenberg

I could not bring them to you before, for Mother only sorted them out to throw away this morning.

From Project Gutenberg

We sat in rows for some time, while officers took our names, and sorted us into medical and surgical classes.

From Project Gutenberg

Here they were sorted with great care by his own hands, and prepared for foreign markets.

From Project Gutenberg

The girls sorted them eagerly, putting them pell-mell into the drawers without the slightest attempt at any sort of order.

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