sort out

Verb
  1. Arrange or order by classes or categories (synset 200656296)
    "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
    entail: compare - examine and note the similarities or differences of
    is a type of: categorise, categorize - place into or assign to a category
    subtypes:
    • unitise, unitize - separate or classify into units
    • catalog, catalogue - make an itemized list or catalog of; classify
    • isolate - separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
    • refer - think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another
    • reclassify - classify anew, change the previous classification
    • size - sort according to size
    • dichotomise, dichotomize - divide into two opposing groups or kinds
    • pigeonhole, stamp, stereotype - treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
    • group - arrange into a group or groups
    • grade - determine the grade of or assign a grade to
    • count, number - put into a group
    same as: assort, class, classify, separate, sort
  2. Make free from confusion or ambiguity;
    Make clear (synset 200622730)
    "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
    is a type of: clarify, clear up, elucidate - make clear and (more) comprehensible
    same as: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, straighten out
  3. Punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience (synset 202559125)
    "The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently"
    is a type of: penalise, penalize, punish - impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
    same as: correct, discipline

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