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sort out

The teacher helps the students sort out their colored pencils by hue.

Definition
  1. Verb (transitive):
    • To resolve a problem or difficult situation: To find a solution to something that is causing trouble or confusion.
    • To organize or arrange things systematically: To put things into a proper order or into categories.
    • To make something clear or understandable: To remove confusion or ambiguity from a situation or statement.
    • (Informal, chiefly British) To deal with or reprimand someone: To punish or correct someone in order to enforce obedience or control.
Examples of Usage
  • Verb:
    • We need to sort out the billing error with the bank. (We need to resolve the billing error.)
    • She spent the morning sorting out her old photographs into albums. (She spent the morning organizing her photographs.)
    • Let me sort out what I mean; it's more complicated than it sounds. (Let me make clear what I mean.)
    • If those kids don't behave, I'll sort them out! (I will deal with or reprimand those kids.)
Advanced Usage
  • "to sort oneself out": To resolve one's own personal problems or get one's life in order.
    • After the divorce, he took some time off to sort himself out.
  • "to sort something out from something": To separate or distinguish one thing from a group.
    • It's hard to sort out the genuine antiques from the replicas.
Variants and Related Words
  • Sort (verb/noun): To arrange systematically; a category or type.
    • Sort the files by date.
  • Sorter (noun): A person or machine that sorts things.
  • Outsort (not a standard variant; "sort out" is a phrasal verb).
Synonyms
  • Resolve: To find a solution to a problem.
  • Organize: To arrange in a structured order.
  • Clarify: To make a statement or situation clear.
  • Discipline: To train someone to obey rules or a code of behavior.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Sort through: To examine a collection of items carefully to organize or find something.
    • We had to sort through decades of paperwork.
  • Haven't got something sorted out: (Informal) To not have finalized or resolved something.
    • We still haven't got the travel plans sorted out.
Related Idioms
  • Sort out the men from the boys: To distinguish the experienced, capable people from the inexperienced ones.
    • This crisis will really sort out the men from the boys.
  • Sort out the wheat from the chaff: To separate valuable people or things from worthless ones.
    • The audition process is designed to sort out the wheat from the chaff.
sort out

The teacher helps the students sort out their colored pencils by hue.

Verb
  1. punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
    • The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently
  2. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
    • Could you clarify these remarks?
    • Clear up the question of who is at fault
  3. arrange or order by classes or categories
    • How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?

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