Sort out meaning
Sort out is a phrasal verb with 5 meanings. One of them is to separate selected items from a mixed group according to their type.
- Past simple
- sorted out
- Past participle
- sorted out
- -ing form
- sorting out
What sort out means
separate by typeB1
To separate selected items from a mixed group according to their type
Please sort out the recyclable packaging from the general waste.
4 more meanings of sort out are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With out: go out, find out, run out, take out, get out, hand out, check out, look out, ask out, carry out.
Common questions
What does sort out mean?
It has 5 meanings. One of them is to separate selected items from a mixed group according to their type. The other 4, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of sort out?
Sorted out, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
