assortment

[ uh-sawrt-muh nt ]

/ əˈsɔrt mənt /

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noun

the act of assorting; distribution; classification.

a collection of various kinds of things; a mixed collection.

Origin of assortment

First recorded in 1605–15; assort + -ment

OTHER WORDS FROM assortment

re·as·sort·ment, noun

Words nearby assortment

assoluta, assonance, assort, assortative mating, assorted, assortment, assr, asst, asst., assuage, assuan

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There are even electronics like iPhone and iPod docking stations and an assortment of pricey pens intended for the pontiff.

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The crowd is an assortment of reporters, posse members, film students, and very skittish men sporting huge AOL headphones.

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Behind glass doors it displayed an assortment of glasses, stacked tea cups; a small row of books; a bouquet of fake flowers.

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Less than a month earlier, there was a planned “gathering of dissidents” featuring an assortment of Nazi-envy characters.

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Fittingly, the latter portrait hangs in the kitchen beside an assortment of decorative dishware.

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When cut up you should have, if neatly done, an assortment of very delicious and ornamental cakes.

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Have an assortment, in different sizes, of both the square and the hexagon nuts.

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It is more accurate, if less poetic, to say that an assortment of fruits and vegetables helps to keep us in good health.

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When the "assortment" was weighed she made Lisa add some jelly and gherkins to it.

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Then you have an assortment of cookies and candies and peanuts and so forth on the machine there.

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British Dictionary definitions for assortment

assortment

/ (əˈsɔːtmənt) /

noun

a collection or group of various things or sorts

the act of assorting

Medical definitions for assortment

assortment

[ ə-sôrt′mənt ]

n.

The relationship between non-allelic genetic traits that are transmitted from parent to child independently and according to the degree of linkage between the respective loci.

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