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Sortable is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Sortable in a sentence

Sortable meaning

  1. That can be sorted.
  2. Suitable; proper, appropriate.

Using Sortable

  • The main meaning on this page is: That can be sorted. | Suitable; proper, appropriate.
  • In the example corpus, sortable often appears in combinations such as: sortable table.

Context around Sortable

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

designs 1× following 1×

Often after:

table 2× click 1×

Sentence patterns with Sortable

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

airplane designs sortable by aerodynamic 1× is a sortable table containing 1× table is sortable click on 1× the following sortable table shows 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

fifty eight percent 1× fold n fly 1× in october 2009 1× the following sortable 1×

Common sentence endings:

difficulty of folding 1× of that column 1× the corresponding numbers 1× year of 2014 1×

Words around Sortable

Just before it in the word index:

sorta 42 sort 5.789 sorsogon 10 sorsen 2 sorsby 2 sorsa 2

Just after it in the word index:

sortation 2 sorte 2 sorted 546 sorter 11 sorters 4 sortie 39

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Sortable

  • In this selection, "sortable" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, designs, following, table and click stand out and add context to how "sortable" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include airplane designs sortable by aerodynamic and is a sortable table containing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sortable" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sortable

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The following sortable table shows the corresponding numbers. (8 words)

Fold N Fly is a visual database of paper airplane designs, sortable by aerodynamic properties (distance, airtime, etc), and difficulty of folding. (22 words)

In October 2009, Forbes magazine rated Portland as the third safest city in America. citation citation Below is a sortable table containing violent crime data from each Portland neighborhood during the calendar year of 2014. (35 words)

Longer example sentences

Fifty-eight percent are female, and 28 percent are 25 or older. citation Component institutions seeAlso The following table is 'sortable'; click on a column heading to re-sort the table by values of that column. (36 words)

In October 2009, Forbes magazine rated Portland as the third safest city in America. citation citation Below is a sortable table containing violent crime data from each Portland neighborhood during the calendar year of 2014. (35 words)

Fold N Fly is a visual database of paper airplane designs, sortable by aerodynamic properties (distance, airtime, etc), and difficulty of folding. (22 words)

Example sentences (4)

Fold N Fly is a visual database of paper airplane designs, sortable by aerodynamic properties (distance, airtime, etc), and difficulty of folding.

Fifty-eight percent are female, and 28 percent are 25 or older. citation Component institutions seeAlso The following table is 'sortable'; click on a column heading to re-sort the table by values of that column.

In October 2009, Forbes magazine rated Portland as the third safest city in America. citation citation Below is a sortable table containing violent crime data from each Portland neighborhood during the calendar year of 2014.

The following sortable table shows the corresponding numbers.

Common combinations with sortable

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sortable" in a sentence?
An example: "Fold N Fly is a visual database of paper airplane designs, sortable by aerodynamic properties (distance, airtime, etc), and difficulty of folding." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "sortable" from authentic English texts.
What does "sortable" mean?
Sortable means: That can be sorted.
How many example sentences with "sortable" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "sortable", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.