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“Sort” or “Sought”

sort / sought are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

sort s·AO·r·t

  • nounan approximate definition or example.
  • nouna person of a particular character or nature.
  • nounan operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion.

sought s·AO·t

  • verbtry to get or reach.
  • verbgo to or towards.
  • verbinquire for.
  • adjectivethat is looked for.
  • adjectivebeing searched for.
Usage

Examples in context

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“sort”

  • …joined the Deutsche Afrika-Schau, a sort of human zoo created by…
  • …make lists of users to sort their home feed, livestream on…
  • …that if any of this sort of thing happened he would…
  • …library through Calibre-go to browse, sort, search and read books on…
  • Calibre allows users to sort and group e-books by metadata
  • …old manuscript by Belbo, a sort of diary.
  • They operate as a sort of chorus in the novel.
  • …a royal mark of some sort was Fedot Kazin-Bogomolov in 1772.
  • The creation of some sort of typical or shared French…
  • …of people dwelt in a sort of political limbo, having lost…

“sought”

  • …the German neo-colonialist movement, which sought to reclaim Germany's lost colonies.
  • …for the German unity conversely sought to confirm Schleswig's association with…
  • Taft had unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in the…
  • She immediately sought a way to catalog the…
  • …moved frequently as his father sought work during the Great Depression.
  • …Faris Nimr, Nicola Haddad whom sought political asylum from Ottoman Rule…
  • The frustrated duke sought support for the recovery of…
  • …times, French state policies have sought to unify the country around…
  • He sought revenge on the jester who…
  • …withdrew towards Sattelberg where they sought to hold the Australians before…

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