Noun

• S: (n) sort, sorting (an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion) "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"
• S: (n) classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting (the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories)
• S: (n) sorting (grouping by class or kind or size)

Verb

• S: (v) screen, screen out, sieve, sort (examine in order to test suitability) "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) screening [Related to: screen] (testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics)
• W: (n) screener [Related to: screen] (a guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint)
• W: (n) sort [Related to: sort] (an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion) "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"
• sentence frame
• S: (v) classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate (arrange or order by classes or categories) "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"