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/icons/point.icon 類義 kindとsort
kindとsortはほぼ同じ意味で用いられるが, sortの方がくだけた語. また, sortは時に軽蔑的な含みをもつ
e.g. I've never read this sort of magazine.: 私はこの種の雑誌は読んだことがない
/icons/point.icon TYPE, KIND, SORT, NATURE, DESCRIPTION, CHARACTER mean a number of individuals thought of as a group because of a common quality or qualities.
TYPE may suggest strong and clearly marked similarity throughout the items included so that each is typical of the group.
e.g. one of three basic body types
KIND may suggest natural grouping.
e.g. a zoo seemingly having animals of every kind
SORT often suggests some disparagement.
e.g. the sort of newspaper dealing in sensational stories
NATURE may imply inherent, essential resemblance rather than obvious or superficial likenesses.
e.g. two problems of a similar nature
DESCRIPTION implies a group marked by agreement in all details belonging to a type as described or defined.
e.g. not all acts of that description are actually illegal
CHARACTER implies a group marked by distinctive likenesses peculiar to the type.
e.g. research on the subject so far has been of an elementary character
noun
1. a category of things or people having some common feature; a type:
種類, タイプ (!コーパス｟米｠ より｟英｠ で好まれる; → kind) ; 性質, 品質
e.g. if only we knew the sort of people she was mixing with
e.g. a radical change poses all sorts of questions.
with adjective informal a person of a specified nature:
｟主に英･くだけて｠ 〖通例単数形で; 修飾語を伴って〗(性格などが)…な人, やつ(person)
e.g. Frank was a genuinely friendly sort.
2. Computing the arrangement of data in a prescribed sequence.
〖通例a ～〗 〘コンピュ〙 整列, ソート
3. archaic a manner or way:
｟古｠ 方法, やり方
e.g. in law also the Judge is in a sort superior to his King.
4. Printing a letter or piece in a font of type.
verb with object
1. arrange systematically in groups; separate according to type, class, etc.:
«…に» 〈物〉を分類する, 整理［仕分け］する; 〘コンピュ〙 〈データ〉をソート［分類］する «into» ; «…から» 〈物〉を選り分ける(out) «from»
e.g. she sorted out the clothes, some to be kept, some to be thrown away.
(sort through) look at (a group of things) one after another in order to classify them or make a selection:
(B〈物〉を探すために)A〈物〉にざっと目を通す, Aを整頓する
e.g. she sat down and sorted through her mail.
2. resolve (a problem or difficulty):
｟主に英･くだけた話｠ 〈問題など〉を(うまくいくように)処理する, 片付ける; …を修理する (!しばしば受け身で)
e.g. the teacher helps the children to sort out their problems.
resolve the problems or difficulties of (oneself):
sort oneself out:｟主に英 ｠〈問題などが〉自然と解決する, 自分自身の問題を解決する.
e.g. I need time to sort myself out.
PHRASES
after a sort
dated after a fashion.
in some sort
dated to a certain extent:
e.g. I am in some sort indebted to you.
nothing of the sort
used as an emphatic way of denying permission or refuting an earlier statement or assumption:
e.g. “I'll pay.” “You'll do nothing of the sort.”.
of a sort (or of sorts)
informal of an atypical and typically inferior type:
e.g. the training camp actually became a tourist attraction of sorts.
out of sorts
slightly unwell:
e.g. feeling nauseous and generally out of sorts.
in low spirits; irritable:
e.g. the trying events of the day had put him out of sorts.
sort of
informal to some extent; in some way or other (used to convey inexactness or vagueness):
e.g. “Do you see what I mean?” “Sort of,” answered Jean cautiously.
the — sort
the kind of person likely to do or be involved with the thing specified:
e.g. she'd never imagined Steve to be the marrying sort.
PHRASAL VERBS
sort someone out
informal deal with someone who is causing trouble, typically by restraining, reprimanding, or punishing them:
e.g. if he can't pay you, I'll sort him out.
sort something out
1. separate something from a mixed group:
e.g. she started sorting out the lettuce from the spinach.
2. arrange or organize something:
e.g. they are anxious to sort out traveling arrangements.
DERIVATIVES
sortable |ˈsôrdəb(ə)l| adjective
sorter |ˈsôrdər| noun
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from Old French sorte, from an alteration of Latin sors, sort- ‘lot, condition’.
USAGE
The construction these sort of, as in I don't want to answer these sort of questions, is technically ungrammatical because these is plural and needs to agree with a plural noun (sorts). The construction is undoubtedly common, however, and has been used for hundreds of years. There are some grammarians who analyze the construction differently, seeing the words "these sort of” as a single invariable unit. For more details, see usage at kind1.