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sortie

noun
/ˈsɔːti/UK/ˈsɔɹti/US

Etymology

PIE word *upó The noun is borrowed from French sortie (“act of exiting; exit, way out; (military) sally, sortie”), the feminine past participle of sortir (“to exit, go out”), from Old French sortir, from Latin sortīrī, the present active infinitive of sortior (“to cast or draw lots; to choose, select; to distribute, divide; to obtain, receive; to share”), from sors (“something used to determine chances, a lot; casting or drawing of lots; decision by lot; a share”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, tie together; a thread”)), possibly influenced by surrēctus (“arisen, having been caused to arise; gotten up, having been gotten up”), the perfect passive participle of surgō (“to arise, get up, rise”), from subrigō (“to lift up; to straighten”), from sub- (prefix meaning ‘beneath, under’) + regō (“to direct, guide, steer; to govern, rule; to manage, oversee”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to right oneself, straighten; just; right”)). The verb is derived from the noun.

  1. derived from *h₃reǵ-✻ — “to right oneself, straighten; just; right”
  2. derived from *ser-✻ — “to bind, tie together; a thread”
  3. derived from sortīrī
  4. derived from sortir
  5. borrowed from sortie — “act of exiting; exit, way out; (military) sally, sortie”

Definitions

  1. An attack made by troops from a besieged position

    An attack made by troops from a besieged position; a sally.

  2. An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.

    • Their aircraft had no belly gunners and were at the mercy of Luftwaffe fighters that attacked from below. Whenever they lifted off on a mission, they departed with the knowledge that this sortie could easily be their last.
    • They are vastly outnumbered: Russia is believed to fly some 200 sorties per day while Ukraine flies five to 10.

  3. An act of venturing out to do a task, etc.

    • Finally, the astronauts will descend to the lunar surface. After their sortie on the moon, they'll return to the orbital station.
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. An act of trying to enter a new field of activity.

    2. An attacking move.

      • Kai Johansen made a sortie down the right and, running out of ideas, tried a shot from more than 20 yards.

    3. An operational flight carried out by a spacecraft involving a return to Earth.

    4. Synonym of sally port (“an entry to or opening into a fortification to enable a sally”).

      • [I]t was all encompassed by the palisades and breastworks, to which were but three sorties, whence the defenders might sally, or through which at need the vanguard might secure a retreat.

    5. A series of aerial photographs taken during the flight of an aircraft

      A series of aerial photographs taken during the flight of an aircraft; (by extension) a photography session.

    6. To carry out a sortie

      To carry out a sortie; to sally.

    7. A surname.

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