n. A lot; that which is awarded or determined by lot; hence, in general, one's fate, fortune, or destiny.n. Allotted station or position; condition; rank; specifically, high rank; social eminence.n. Characteristic mode of being; nature; quality; character.n. A number of persons, things, ideas, etc., grouped together according to the possession of common attributes; a kind, as determined by nature, quality, character, or habits; a species; a class.n. Specifically— A particular class or order of people.n. In printing, one of the characters or pieces in a font of type, considered with reference to its relative supply or lack: nearly always in the plural: as, to be out of sorts (that is, to lack some of the necessary types in a case); to order sorts for a font (that is, to order more of the kinds of type of which it is deficient).n. Kind: used indefinitely of something more or less resembling the thing specified: with of, like kind of. See kind, n., 5, and compare sort of below.n. A number or quantity of things of the same kind or used together; a set; a suit.n. A group; a flock; a troop; a company.n. Particular mode of action or procedure; manner; fashion; way.n. Out of health or spirits; out of the normal condition of body or mind; cross.n. In printing, short of one or more characters in type: said of a compositor, or of his case.n. [Sort, like kind, is often erroneously used in the singular form with a plural force and connection. Compare kind.n. Synonyms Kind, Sort, Kind is by derivation a deeper or more serious word than sort; sort is often used slightingly, while kind is rarely so used.To give or appoint by lot; hence, in general, to allot; assign.To ordain; decree.To select; choose; pick out.To set apart; assign to a particular place or station; rank; class.To separate into sorts; arrange according to kind; classify: sometimes with over.To conform; accommodate; adapt; suit.To put in the proper state or order; set right; adjust; dispose.To supply in suitable sorts; assort.To procure; obtain; attain; reach.To punish; chastise.To cast lots; decide or divine anything by lot; hence, in general, to practise divination or soothsaying.To come to pass; chance; happen; turn out; specifically, to have a satisfactory issue; succeed.To tend; lead; conduce.To be of the same sort or class (with another); be like or comparable; consort; associate; agree; harmonize: with with, rarely to.To be suitable or favorable.