Sort meaning : A general type. Manner; form of being or acting. Condition above the vulgar; rank. A person evaluated in a certain way (bad, good, strange, etc.). Group, company. A good-looking woman. An act of sorting. An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence. A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style. A type. Chance; lot; destiny. A full set of anything, such as a pair of shoes, or a suit of clothes.