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re-sort

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An act of sorting again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

verb

Meaning 2

To repeat a sorting process; sort again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, transitive

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History

Etymology

From re- + sort.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: преподреждам (prepodreždam) — to repeat a sorting process
  • Chinese Mandarin: 重新排列 (chóngxīn páiliè) — to repeat a sorting process
  • Finnish: uudelleenjärjestää — to repeat a sorting process
  • Finnish: järjestää uudelleen — to repeat a sorting process
  • French: retrier — to repeat a sorting process
  • Greek: επαναταξινομώ (epanataxinomó) — to repeat a sorting process
  • Polish: posortować ponownie — to repeat a sorting process
  • Portuguese: reordenar — to repeat a sorting process
  • Spanish: reordenar — to repeat a sorting process
  • Spanish: realinear — to repeat a sorting process
  • Spanish: reacomodar — to repeat a sorting process
  • Swedish: omsortera — to repeat a sorting process