Meaning of ASSORT
| Pronunciation: | | u'sort
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- [v] arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
- [v] keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"
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| | Synonyms: | | affiliate, associate, class, classify, consort, separate, sort, sort out |
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| | See Also: | | accompany, ally, catalog, catalogue, categorise, categorize, companion, company, compare, count, date, dichotomise, dichotomize, go out, go steady, grade, group, interact, isolate, keep company, number, pigeonhole, reclassify, refer, see, size, stamp, stereotype, unitise, unitize | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\As*sort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assorted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Assorting}.] [F. assortir; ? (L. ad) + sortir to cast or
draw lots, to obtain by lot, L. sortiri, fr. sors, sortis,
lot. See {Sort}.]
1. To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a
like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a
like purpose; to classify; as, to assort goods.
Note: [Rarely applied to persons.]
They appear . . . no ways assorted to those with
whom they must associate. --Burke.
2. To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety
of goods; as, to assort a cargo.
\As*sort"\, v. i.
To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to
fall into a class or place. --Mitford.
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| | Related Terms: | | alphabetize, analyze, arrange, bolt, break down, catalog, categorize, class, classify, codify, collate, digest, distribute, divide, file, gradate, grade, group, index, list, methodize, order, pigeonhole, place, range, rank, rate, riddle, screen, separate, sieve, sift, size, sort, sort out, stratify, subdivide, subordinate, systematize, tabulate, type |
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