Assortment
[ə'sɔːtm(ə)nt] or [ə'sɔrtmənt]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
Edited by Craig--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Act of assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or classes.
(n.) A collection or quantity of things distributed into kinds or sorts; a number of things assorted.
(n.) 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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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Assorting, arranging, allotment, distribution, arrangement.[2]. Class, group, set, batch, lot, parcel, stock, store, collection, pack.[3]. Variety of sorts, many kinds.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Collection, disposition, distribution, class, quantity, selection, stock,miscellany, lot, variety
ANT:[See {lliMmogamexn}?], disarrangement, displacement, misplacement
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Examples
- Mrs. BETH BOUNCER will open her new assortment of Doll's Millinery next week. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Thus it happened that in Eustacia's brain were juxtaposed the strangest assortment of ideas, from old time and from new. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Among the viands was expected to be found a small assortment of cheesecakes and tarts. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And what will you do, Janet, while I am bargaining for so many tons of flesh and such an assortment of black eyes? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- What an extraordinary assortment! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- When the two boats were beached upon the silvery sand it was a strange assortment of humanity that clambered ashore. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The latter were kept apart, and the former were partitioned off into square assortments. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Solomon