1.Definition: a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

Related Noun(s):form, kind, variety

Category: General

2.Definition: a person of a particular character or nature

"What sort of person is he?", "He's a good sort"

Category: People

3.Definition: an approximate definition or example

"She wore a sort of magenta dress", "She served a creamy sort of dessert thing"

Category: General

4.Definition: an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion

"The bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"

Category: General