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Dictionary Results For "assortment" [?]/[OPML]

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English

Pronunciation

-'sort-m&nt

Noun

A collection of varying but related items.
:This box has an assortment of chocolates, there's a picture on the cover so you know which is which.

Translations

Finnish: valikoima, lajitelma, joukko
Français: assortiment

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Assortment \As*sort"ment\ (-ment), n. [Cf. F. assortiment.]
1. Act of assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or
classes.
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2. A collection or quantity of things distributed into kinds
or sorts; a number of things assorted.
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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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WordNet assortment
n 1: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a
great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a
variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of
religions" [syn: mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea,
variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley]
2: the act of distributing things into classes or categories of
the same type [syn: categorization, categorisation, classification,
compartmentalization, compartmentalisation]

Moby Dictionary
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