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re-sorting

re-sorting is the present participle and gerund of re-sort.

Meaning of re-sort

Verb

re-sort (third-person singular simple present re-sorts, present participle re-sorting, simple past and past participle re-sorted)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To repeat a sorting process; sort again.
    • Until a few years ago, the lack of waste management made the Dhangadhi market foul-smelling. Today, it is relatively clean. A system that regularly collects waste from homes and businesses, enforces household segregation, re-sorts it at a collection center, and sends saleable materials to the...2026 August 21, Unnati Chaudhary, “Dhangadhi turns waste into business, but faces growing challenges”, in Nepal News, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2026, Feature

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Questions about re-sorting

What is re-sorting the present participle and gerund of?
Re-sorting is the present participle and gerund of re-sort.

Words near re-sorting in the dictionary

  1. re-solved
  2. re-solves
  3. re-solving
  4. re-sort
  5. re-sorted
  6. re-sorting
  7. re-sorts
  8. re-sound
  9. re-sounded
  10. re-sounding
  11. re-sounds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: re-sorting (page history and authors); re-sort (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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