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presort

verb

Etymology

From pre- + sort.

  1. derived from sortem
  2. derived from sorte
  3. inherited from sort
  4. prefixed as presort — “pre + sort”

Definitions

  1. To sort in advance.

    • Mail is presorted by postcode prior to transfer into the postal delivery system.
    • Please presort your waste so that it can be recycled.
    • The algorithm runs faster if the data is presorted.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for presort. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA