Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "sorting office" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF SORTING OFFICE

sorting office  [ˈsɔːtɪŋ ˈɒfɪs] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SORTING OFFICE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sorting office 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 SORTING OFFICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sorting office

Sorting office or Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC; name used by the United States Postal Service (USPS)) is any location where postal operators bring mail after collection for sorting into batches for delivery to the addressee, which may be a direct delivery or sent onwards to another regional or local sorting office, or to another postal administration. Most countries have many sorting offices; the USPS has about 275. Some small states such as Tahiti have only one. The UK and USA have also used Post Office Sorting Vans at various times; the last UK services were in 2004. The United Kingdom Royal Mail's Mount Pleasant Sorting Office was the world's largest sorting office at the beginning of the 20th century but is now only the largest one in London. Military mail systems, such as the British Forces Post Office and U.S. Military Postal Service, have their own dedicated sorting offices.

Definition of sorting office in the English dictionary

The definition of sorting office in the dictionary is a place where packages and letters are sorted before they are delivered.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SORTING OFFICE


air-to-surface
ˈɛətəˌsɜːfɪs
artifice
ˈɑːtɪfɪs
back-office
ˈbækˌɒfɪs
edifice
ˈɛdɪfɪs
interoffice
ˌɪntərˈɒfɪs
Memphis
ˈmɛmfɪs
office
ˈɒfɪs
orifice
ˈɒrɪfɪs
preface
ˈprɛfɪs
surface
ˈsɜːfɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SORTING OFFICE

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE SORTING OFFICE

back office
box office
branch office
front office
head office
head post office
Home Office
in office
main office
out of office
Oval Office
Patent Office
post office
press office
public prosecutor´s office
registered office
sacrifice
suffice
the office
the Oval Office
the Stationery Office

Synonyms and antonyms of sorting office in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sorting office» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF SORTING OFFICE

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

Translator English - Chinese

整理办公
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

oficina de clasificación
570 millions of speakers

English

sorting office
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कार्यालय छँटाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فرز مكتب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сортировка офис
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

triagem escritório
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অফিস বাছাই
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

centre de tri
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menyusun pejabat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sortierstelle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オフィスのソート
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사무실 을 정렬
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngurutake kantor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sắp xếp văn phòng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வரிசையாக்க அலுவலகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कार्यालय वर्गीकरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sıralama ofisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

smistamento ufficio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sortowanie biura
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сортування офіс
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sortare birou
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γραφείο διαλογής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sorteer kantoor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sorteringskontor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sortering kontor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sorting office

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SORTING OFFICE»

The term «sorting office» is regularly used and occupies the 104.118 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
52
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «sorting office» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of sorting office
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «sorting office».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SORTING OFFICE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sorting office» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sorting office» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SORTING OFFICE»

Discover the use of sorting office in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sorting office and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Papers by Command
This would provide additional' outlets for promotion to officers who possess the necessary educational qualifications and would remove the anomaly of Sorting Office men, engaged on purely writing •duties, receiving better pay than clerks who ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1907
2
House of Commons Papers
(4) Catford Sorting Office.— Extension 40,000 48,500 31,000 16,000 1,500 30,000 1,710 310 1,400 - (5) Chelsea.— New Post Office (Re-vote) - 14,200 16,850 15,300 200 - 7,200 (6) Chingford.— New Sorting Office - 2,900 - 100 2,800 ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1907
3
Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons
Regent's Park and Primrose Hill* (part of) ; Branch Post Office, and Sorting Office. Branch Post Offices ; Clerkenwell Police Court. Branch Post Office - Offices of Accountant General in Chancery; Registrars' and Enrolment Office ; Patent Office,  ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1877
4
Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
... f 3,496 11 7 / Deptford Sub District Post Office, Unforeseen Works, viz. : 38 - 1. 1. Euston Road, 402, Sanitary works, &c. Enlargement of Sorting Office. 81 4 11 General Post Office, East, He-arrangement of Newspaper Branch. 6 1 3 General  ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1899
5
Building
Walthamstow, new sorting office, 2,5001. (to complete; total cost 4,0001.) ; West Kensington, new sub-district post office, 2,0001. (to complete, total cost 18,3251); Burnley, new post office, 8,0001. (on account:; total cost 11,2501.) ; Bridgwater ...
‎1903
6
Report and appendices: together with minutes of evidence ...
The duty comprises : — Supervision of the Public Counter from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and 2 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., and Sorting Office 7.30 p.m. to 9.0 p.m. The Clerk formerly employed on this duty is now employed in the Sorting Room." 6. Stockport (2 ...
Great Britain. Committee on Post Office Wages, 1904
7
The Future of the Post Office
A sorting office that would be subject to the rural surcharge is typically situated in or on the outskirts of a large town. As well as serving the rural area around the town, the sorting office serves the town. The rural surcharge will make it easier for  ...
Peter Robinson, Marcus Rubin, 1999
8
Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence: First ...
... Kolkata, India, December 20-22, 2005, Proceedings Sankar K. Pal, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Sambhunath Biswas. of the knowledge base is sorting office dependant, but the proposed structure can be employed by any sorting office.
Sankar K. Pal, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Sambhunath Biswas, 2005
9
AACOUNTS AND PAPERS: TWENTY-ONE VOLUMES.
114 Clerks attend from the sorting-office, and do the letter-bill duty in the comptroller's office, Bridges' Ev. p. 161 Comparison in the accountant's office of the letter-bills with the slips prepared by the comptroller, Baillie's Ev.p. 167. See also ...
‎1840
10
An Introduction to the Visual System
The area that immediately surrounds VI is called V2 (sometimes called area 18) and receives input primarily from VI. Each area contains its own representation of the visual 5: The primary visual cortex The visual equivalent of a sorting office?
Martin James Tovée, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SORTING OFFICE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sorting office is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Students to live at ex-mail sorting office site in Coventry
Barberry Developments said it acquired the former sorting office in 2011 "in what was undoubtedly a difficult development market" and was delighted "to have ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
2
Royal Mail sells 'eyesore' East Croydon sorting office to housing group
ROYAL Mail has sold its "eyesore" delivery office next to East Croydon station to a housing association. The office has been bought by The Hyde Group, which ... «Croydon Advertiser, Jun 15»
3
Northampton International Academy planned for former sorting office
A new secondary school is to be created on the site of the former Royal Mail sorting office in the centre of Northampton. The town is expected to see a 20% ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
4
Multi-million pound deal sees Bristol City Council buy former Royal …
The crumbling sorting office building has long been an object of embarrassment for the city - particularly as it is how the city is greeted by those arriving in Bristol ... «Bristol Post, Jun 15»
5
See inside the Royal Mail's sorting office on the busiest day of the …
Workers at the Royal Mail sorting office in Chelmsford endured - and enjoyed ... The 900-strong staff at the facility in Winsford Way have been sorting through ... «Essex Chronicle, Dec 14»
6
An Post to free up redevelopment site in south Dublin docklands
An Post is to free up a high-value 2.3-acre redevelopment site in the south Dublin docklands by relocating its sorting office from Cardiff Lane to an alternative ... «Irish Times, Dec 14»
7
Northampton Royal Mail sorting office school plan approved
A former Royal Mail sorting office in Northampton is set to be converted into a school, after planning permission was approved. The proposal is to turn the ... «BBC News, Oct 14»
8
Luxury flats at site of Mount Pleasant sorting office given green light …
Boris Johnson today defied fierce local opposition to give the green light to the redevelopment of much of the Royal Mail's Mount Pleasant sorting office in ... «Evening Standard, Oct 14»
9
Former Coventry sorting office could become apartments
Barberry bought the site in 2011 after the closure of the sorting office the previous year and said the failure to attract a supermarket was down to the credit crunch ... «BBC News, Jul 14»
10
Letter bomb found at sorting office
A PSNI spokeswoman said: " Police are currently attending a security alert following the discovery of a suspicious package at the postal sorting office in Mallusk ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Sorting office [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sorting-office>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z