Meaning

7 senses
  1. (transitive)To clarify by reviewing mentally.

    It's a bit confused at the moment, I'll try to sort it out later.

    klären

    разбира́тьсяrazbirátʹsja, разобра́тьсяrazobrátʹsja

  2. (transitive)To arrange.

    Could you call Dave and sort out a meeting for tomorrow?

    bewerkstelligen, organisieren, arrangieren

    arrange or order by classes or categories

  3. (transitive)To fix (a problem).

    The computer won't let me delete that file; could you sort it out?

    erledigen, lösen, beheben

    исправля́тьispravljátʹ, испра́витьisprávitʹ, устраня́тьustranjátʹ

  4. (transitive)To organise or separate into groups, as a collection of items, so as to make tidy.

    Could you sort out your wardrobe and put the clothes you no longer use in one pile to give away and another to throw away?

    sortieren

    сортирова́тьsortirovátʹ, отсортирова́тьotsortirovátʹ

  5. (transitive)To separate from the remainder of a group; often construed with from.

    We need to sort out the problems we can solve from the ones we can't.

    They've already sorted out the students in group A, so we just need to worry about groups B and C.

    aussortieren, trennen

  6. (UK, slang, transitive)To take action to stop someone who has been causing trouble, often by physically attacking them.

    If you do that again, I'll soon sort you out.

    helfen, zeigen, sich jmdn. vorknöpfen

  7. (UK, slang)To provide (somebody) with a necessity, or a solution to a problem.

    Hey man, I want some weed. —I'll sort you out, mate.

    We really need to sort Chris out with a girlfriend.

    besorgen

Examples

155 sentences
  1. We'll help you sort it out.

    Ми допоможемо вам із цим розібратися.

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  2. I'll sort this out.

    Я з цим розберуся.

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  3. Tom said he'd sort it out.

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  4. Tom promised to sort things out.

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  5. We need to sort things out.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to clarify:
to fix problem:
to organise or separate into groups:
Deutsch
By meaning 7
to clarify:
to arrange:
to fix problem:
to organise or separate into groups:
to separate from the remainder of a group:
slang: to attack physically:
to provide (somebody) with a necessity:

Forms

sorts out, sorting out, sorted out, sorted out
Base formsort out · to sort out
3rd person singularsorts out
Present participlesorting out
Past simplesorted out
Past participlesorted out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysort out
he, she, itsorts out

Past simpleLesson

all personssorted out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sorted out
he, she, ithas sorted out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sort out

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

18 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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