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sortable

UK/ˈsɔːtəb(ə)l/

sortable adjective: that can be sorted.

Adjective

sortable (comparative more sortable, superlative most sortable)

  1. That can be sorted.
    • Text is searchable, sortable, copyable, pastable, printable and forwardable.2007 February 15, David Pogue, “Freedom for Prisoners of Voice Mail”, in The New York Times
  2. (obsolete) Suitable; proper, appropriate.
    • If we must needs study, let us study something sorteable to our condition[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 28, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Noun

sortable (plural sortables)

  1. A component that allows a sequence of items to be reordered via drag and drop.

Antonyms of sortable

Forms of sortable

Adjective
comparativemore sortable
superlativemost sortable
Noun
pluralsortables

Origin of sortable

Borrowed from Middle French sortable; equivalent to sort + -able.

Words formed from sortable

Words that rhyme with sortable

Questions about sortable

What does sortable mean?
Sortable means that can be sorted.
What part of speech is sortable?
Sortable can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce sortable?
Sortable is pronounced /ˈsɔːtəb(ə)l/ (UK).

Words near sortable in the dictionary

  1. sort-while-pick
  2. sorta
  3. sorta kinda
  4. sorta-kinda
  5. sortability
  6. sortable
  7. sortables
  8. sortably
  9. sortag
  10. sortagged
  11. sortagging

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