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assort

as·sort
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uh-sawrt]
    • /əˈsɔrt/
    • /əˈsɔːt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uh-sawrt]
    • /əˈsɔrt/

Definitions of assort word

  • verb assort to arrange or distribute into groups of the same type; classify 3
  • verb assort to fit or fall into a class or group; match 3
  • verb assort to supply with an assortment of merchandise 3
  • verb assort to put in the same category as others; group 3
  • verb assort to keep company; consort 3
  • verb transitive assort to sort or classify 3
See all 18 definitions of assort

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Origin of assort

First appearance:

before 1480
One of the 25% oldest English words
From the Middle French word assorter, dating back to 1480-90. See as-, sort

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Parts of speech for Assort

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Assort

assort popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

assort usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for assort

verb assort

  • group — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
  • rank — Otto [awt-oh] /ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1884–1939, Austrian psychoanalyst.
  • suit — a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
  • categorize — If you categorize people or things, you divide them into sets or you say which set they belong to.
  • type — a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category: a criminal of the most vicious type.
All 13 Synonyms of assort

Antonyms for assort

verb assort

  • scatter — to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
  • disarrange — to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
All 2 Antonyms of assort

Top questions with assort

  • which of the following assort independently?
  • when do alleles not independently assort?

Related words

  • sort

    a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.

  • assortment

    An assortment is a group of similar things that are of different sizes or colours or have different qualities.

  • disassortative mating

    the reproductive pairing of individuals that have traits more dissimilar than would likely be the case if mating were random (contrasted with assortative mating).

  • law of independent assortment

    the principle, originated by Gregor Mendel, stating that when two or more characteristics are inherited, individual hereditary factors assort independently during gamete production, giving different traits an equal opportunity of occurring together.
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