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Assortment

Assortment Meaning & Definition
Assortment Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Assortment?

[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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Assortment: categorisation | categorization | classification | compartmentalisation | compartmentalization | miscellanea | miscellany | mixed bag | mixture | motley | potpourri | salmagundi | variety

Related Terms | Find terms related to Assortment: 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

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

Assortment In Webster's Dictionary

\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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