sorting

Noun	1.	sorting - an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery it the process of sorting" Synonyms: sort
	2.	sorting - the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories Synonyms: categorisation, categorization, classification
	3.	sorting - grouping by class or kind or size

sorting - See sort.

assort, class, classify, operation, separate, sort, sort out