Meaning of ASSORTMENT
| Pronunciation: | | u'sortmunt
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- [n] the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
- [n] a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"
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| | Synonyms: | | categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, variety |
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| | See Also: | | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection, farrago, grouping, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, indexing, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag, range, reclassification, relegation, sampler, selection, stratification, taxonomy, typology | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \As*sort"ment\ (-ment), n. [Cf. F. assortiment.]
1. Act of assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or
classes.
2. A collection or quantity of things distributed into kinds
or sorts; a number of things assorted.
3. A collection containing a variety of sorts or kinds
adapted to various wants, demands, or purposes; as, an
assortment of goods.
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| | Related Terms: | | agglomeration, all sorts, allay, alleviate, appease, array, assemblage, assuage, batch, broad spectrum, calm, categorization, category, class, classification, collectanea, collection, conciliate, conglomerate, conglomeration, culling, ease, farrago, gallimaufry, gradation, group, grouping, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpot, hotchpotch, jumble, lighten, lot, magpie, mash, medley, melange, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mitigate, mix, mixed bag, mixture, mollify, oddments, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, placate, placement, potpourri, propitiate, ranking, relax, salad, salmagundi, sauce, scramble, screening, selection, set, sifting, slack, slacken, soothe, sorting, sorting out, stew, subordination, sundries, sweeten, taxonomy, triage, variety, what you will |
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