sort out

Questions about sort out

What does sort out mean?

sort out means "arrange or order by classes or categories". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for sort out?

Close synonyms include classify, class, sort, assort, separate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sort out a common word?

sort out is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.