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merge-sort

merge-sort is the alternative spelling of mergesort.

Meaning of mergesort

Noun

mergesort (plural mergesorts)

  1. A divide and conquer sorting algorithm that operates by dividing the items to be sorted into many small lists and gradually merging them together.

See all 2 meanings of mergesort

Forms of merge-sort

Noun
pluralmerge-sorts
Verb
third-person singular presentmerge-sorts
present participlemerge-sorting
past participlemerge-sorted
pastmerge-sorted

Questions about merge-sort

What is merge-sort the alternative spelling of?
Merge-sort is the alternative spelling of mergesort.

Words near merge-sort in the dictionary

  1. merge sorts
  2. merge-purge
  3. merge-purged
  4. merge-purges
  5. merge-purging
  6. merge-sort
  7. merge-sorted
  8. merge-sorting
  9. merge-sorts
  10. mergeability
  11. mergeable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: merge-sort (page history and authors); mergesort (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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