Phrase Hound found 28 phrases and 41 compound words that contain sort. The most common are listed below. Open sort in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 28
- sort outTo clarify by reviewing mentally.
- Sort order
- selection sortA sorting algorithm that divides the input list into two sublists — items already sorted, and items not yet sorted — and gradually transfers elements from one list to the other.
- re-sortTo repeat a sorting process; sort again.
- sort throughTo look through (a collection of documents, facts, etc.) to make sense of them or put them in order.
- library sortA form of insertion sort that leaves gaps between elements to accelerate subsequent insertions.
- sort codeA code assigned to a specific branch of a bank, used to route money transfers between financial institutions.
- bubble sortA sorting algorithm in which pairs of neighboring values are compared and swapped into the right order if necessary in the innermost loop.
- pick-and-sortAn order picking method where goods are picked first and sorted later.
- sort codesplural of sort code: A code assigned to a specific branch of a bank, used to route money transfers between financial institutions.
- copy sortAn advertising research technique that assesses individual phrases and verbal ideas in a commercial by the audience's levels of attention or recall, relevance, and feelings.
- cycle sortA sorting algorithm based on the idea that the permutation to be sorted can be factored into cycles that can be rotated individually to give a sorted result.
- counting sortA sorting algorithm that counts how many times each integer key appears in an array and then reorders the array based on those counts.
- good sortSomeone who is likeable and dependable.
- picture sortA research tool used to assess the effectiveness of advertising by asking consumers to select the pictures that best describe a brand.
- insertion sortA sorting algorithm that performs its task by inserting new items into a pre-existing sorted data structure.
- gnome sortA variation of the insertion sort that does not use nested loops.
- radix sortAny of various sorting algorithms in which items are processed according to the value of each digit or character in turn
- introspective sortA sorting algorithm that begins with quicksort and switches to heapsort when the recursion depth exceeds a level based on (the logarithm of) the number of elements being sorted.
- merge sortSynonym of mergesort: A divide and conquer sorting algorithm that operates by dividing the items to be sorted into many small lists and gradually merging them together.
- bucket sortA sorting algorithm that partitions an array into a number of buckets (groups of elements) which are then individually sorted, either recursively or using some other algorithm.
- spaghetti sortA linear-time algorithm for sorting a sequence of items, analogous to standing a number of strands of spaghetti of different lengths upright on a surface and noting the order in which they are encountered when lowering one's hand from …
- topological sortAn ordering of the vertices of a directed graph such that if an edge goes from vertex u to vertex v then u precedes v in the ordering.
- sort-while-pickAn order picking method where goods are sorted while being picked.
- middling sortThe middle class, especially in 18th-century Britain.
Compound words 41
- sortableThat can be sorted.
- quicksortA sorting algorithm that operates by recursively partitioning the items to be sorted into two sets.
- sortkeyA key (field or value) by which data items are sorted.
- sortationThe use of any process of sorting.
- heapsortA sorting algorithm based on the heap data structure.
- mergesortA divide and conquer sorting algorithm that operates by dividing the items to be sorted into many small lists and gradually merging them together.
- alphasortThe process of sorting in alphabetical order, especially when performed in an automated fashion.
- sortalOf or pertaining to a sort, or kind.
- unsortTo sort out; to resolve.
- missortTo sort incorrectly; to misorder.