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Meaning of "sortal" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SORTAL

sortal  [ˈsɔːtəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SORTAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sortal is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SORTAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sortal

Sortal is a concept that has been used by some philosophers in discussing issues of identity, persistence and change. The simplest property of a sortal is that it can be counted, i.e. can take numbers as modifiers. For example, "pea" is a sortal in the sentence "I want two peas", whereas "water" is not a sortal in the sentence "I want water". Countability is not the only criterion. Thus "red thing" in the sentence "There are two red things on the shelf" is not treated as a sortal by some philosophers who use the term. There is disagreement about the exact definition of the term as well as whether the it is applied to linguistic things, abstract entities, or psychological entities.

Definition of sortal in the English dictionary

The definition of sortal in the dictionary is a concept, grasp of which includes knowledge of criteria of individuation and reidentification, such as dog or concerto, but not flesh or music. Other definition of sortal is a count noun representing such a concept.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SORTAL


amortal
eɪˈmɔːtəl
aortal
eɪˈɔːtəl
beetle
ˈbiːtəl
betel
ˈbiːtəl
brutal
ˈbruːtəl
cautel
ˈkɔːtəl
chital
ˈtʃiːtəl
chortle
ˈtʃɔːtəl
diacetyl
ˌdaɪəˈsiːtəl
fetal
ˈfiːtəl
foetal
ˈfiːtəl
immortal
ɪˈmɔːtəl
mortal
ˈmɔːtəl
myrtle
ˈmɜːtəl
Nahuatl
ˈnɑːwɑːtəl
nonmortal
ˌnɒnˈmɔːtəl
portal
ˈpɔːtəl
transportal
trænsˈpɔːtəl
turtle
ˈtɜːtəl
unimmortal
ˌʌnɪˈmɔːtəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SORTAL

sort
sort code
sort of
sort out
sort out the men from the boys
sort-out
sorta
sortable
sortance
sortation
sorted
sorter
sortie
sortilege
sortileger
sorting
sorting code
sorting office
sortition
sortment

WORDS THAT END LIKE SORTAL

artal
capital
crystal
curtal
dental
digital
environmental
experimental
fundamental
hartal
horizontal
hospital
incremental
intersertal
mental
Neandertal
portal-to-portal
prepubertal
pubertal
Wuppertal

Synonyms and antonyms of sortal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sortal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SORTAL

Find out the translation of sortal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sortal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sortal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

sortal
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Sortal
570 millions of speakers

English

sortal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sortal
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sortal
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

видовых
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sortal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sortal
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sortal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sortal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sortalen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sortal
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sortal
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sortal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sortal
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sortal
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्रमवार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sortal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sortale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gatunkowych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

видових
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sortal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sortal
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sortal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sortal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sortal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sortal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SORTAL»

The term «sortal» is used very little and occupies the 154.078 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SORTAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sortal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SORTAL»

Discover the use of sortal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sortal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Concept of Identity
an object's career by following a continuous space-time path under a sortal.1 We have still to clarify what it means to say that a term is a "sortal." We certainly cannot say that every general term in our language is a sortal since this would ...
Eli Hirsch, 1992
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Conceptual Modeling: Foundations and Applications: Essays in ...
4.1 Sortal vs. Non-sortal Properties The first basic distinction is the classic one between sortal and non-sortal properties. In short, a property is a sortal (marked with the meta-property +I) if it carries a criterion of identity for its instances.
Alexander T. Borgida, 2009
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The Essential Child: Origins of Essentialism in Everyday Thought
chapter 1, I distinguished between the two, arguing that my interest is in causal, not sortal essences. Whereas sortal essences are defining features used to identify all and only members of a category, causal essences are underlying features ...
Susan A. Gelman, 2003
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Morphologie: Ein Internationales Handbuch Zur Flexion und ...
A major distinction to be made among numeral classifiers is between sortal and mensural classifiers. Mensural classifiers are used for measuring units of both mass and count nouns (cf. Art. 101) and are a fairly large open-ended lexical class.
G. E. Booij, Christian Lehmann, Joachim Mugdan, 2004
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Mass Terms: Some Philosophical Problems: Some Philosophical ...
To show that 'coffee' is a non-sortal term, the coffee on my desk must be divided to see if each of these parts of my original coffee are coffee (they are). However, the red on my desk is divided by dividing the red book. These parts of my book ...
F. J. Pelletier, 2005
6
Universals, Concepts and Qualities: New Essays on the ...
The sortal tie, on the other hand, appears to be necessary. If Socrates is sortally tied to humanity, then it cannot but be so, for if not a man then Socrates is nothing . If the cricket ball is sortally tied to its ballhood, then it cannot but be so, for if the ...
P. F. Strawson, Arindam Chakrabarti, 2006
7
Science and an African Logic
A Yoruba speaker comes to talk of the type of the here/ now or then/there manifestation of sortal particulars, and to do this is to abstract from sortal particulars. To talk of a specific here/now or then/ there manifestation of a sortal particular is to ...
Helen Verran, 2001
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The Core Language Engine
Hiyan Alshawi and David Carter Sortal restrictions encode constraints on the sorts of objects that can fill argument positions of specified relations. These constraints allow spurious ambiguities to be ruled out. The fact that a river is not the kind ...
Hiyan Alshawi, 1992
9
Art and Art-Attempts
natural-object description (e.g., flower) also falls under the sortal artwork. I also take it as evident that something falling under some natural-object description ( e.g., flower, hill, rock) could also fall under the sortal artwork: e.g., Puppy (1992) by ...
Christy Mag Uidhir, 2013
10
The Arché Papers on the Mathematics of Abstraction
New V is then the abstraction: New V *F = *G ↔ F is similar to G If we agree—as I think we should—that the numbers may only properly be assigned to genuine sortal concepts—that is, roughly, concepts F with which are associated not only ...
Roy T. Cook, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SORTAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sortal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Plantation teen wins Student of the Year honor
Sortal recently was named Student of the Year after applying for the honor at the convention. The Plantation resident received a $1,000 scholarship and an ... «Sun Sentinel, Jul 15»
2
Cyclist felled by alligator carcass: 'I have no memory at all of what …
By Nick Sortal Sun Sentinel. Cyclist fallen by alligator recovering, but lacks memory. All his life, Tim Nicholls has been very good at challenges, especially those ... «Sun Sentinel, Jul 15»
3
Scratch-off tickets push lottery to record sales
Scratch-off tickets push lottery to record sales. By Nick Sortal Sun Sentinel contact the reporter · Powerball Lottery · Lotto · Mega Millions Lottery. Florida lottery ... «Sun Sentinel, Jul 15»
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Broward record: $80M Powerball ticket
By Nick Sortal contact the reporter · Powerball Lottery · Lotto. $80 million @Powerball ticket a Broward record. Big $80 million @Powerball winner in Broward. «SouthFlorida.com, Jun 15»
5
Review: New Kids on the Block at the BB&T Center
By Nick Sortal contact the reporter · Reviews. New Kids still have pep in their step. The Main Event: New Kids, Nelly, TLC play hits. Thursday night's concert at ... «SouthFlorida.com, Jun 15»
6
Florida shifts money away from compulsive-gambling treatment
... that is marked for compulsive gambling treatment, but the council's budget is about half that. (Florida Council on Compulsive). By Nick Sortal Sun Sentinel. «Sun Sentinel, May 15»
7
My moment on TV: Some slot reminders
My moment on TV: Some slot reminders. By Nick Sortal contact the reporter. For those of you who were either asleep or out on the town Friday night and missed ... «SouthFlorida.com, May 15»
8
Nick Sortal videos
Nick Sortal videos. Grab a beer at the finish line. Caption Grab a beer at the finish line. Running Wild, the Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort and the Funky ... «SouthFlorida.com, May 15»
9
Compulsive gambling conference in Fort Lauderdale May 14-15
By Nick Sortal Sun Sentinel. Gambling. Florida Council hosts conference on compulsive gambling. Compulsive gambling conference in Fort Lauderdale May 14- ... «Sun Sentinel, May 15»
10
Isle upgrades Bragozzo restaurant
By Nick Sortal contact the reporter · Gambling. Isle's Bragozzo revamps menu, adds more seafood. Seafood added to menu at Pompano Beach casino. «SouthFlorida.com, Mar 15»

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