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assortment

as·sort·ment
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uh-sawrt-muh nt]
    • /əˈsɔrt mənt/
    • /əˈsɔːt.mənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uh-sawrt-muh nt]
    • /əˈsɔrt mənt/

Definitions of assortment word

  • countable noun assortment An assortment is a group of similar things that are of different sizes or colours or have different qualities. 3
  • noun assortment a collection or group of various things or sorts 3
  • noun assortment the act of assorting 3
  • noun assortment an assorting or being assorted; classification 3
  • noun assortment an assorted, or miscellaneous, group or collection; variety 3
  • noun assortment The assortment of goods in a store is the selection of varied merchandise it stocks. 3
See all 13 definitions of assortment

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Origin of assortment

First appearance:

before 1605
One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1605-15; assort + -ment

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Parts of speech for Assortment

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

assortment popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for assortment

noun assortment

  • 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.
  • selection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
  • combination — A combination of things is a mixture of them.
  • hodgepodge — a heterogeneous mixture; jumble.
  • collection — A collection of things is a group of similar things that you have deliberately acquired, usually over a period of time.
All 23 Synonyms of assortment

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Related words

  • independent assortment

    law of independent assortment.

  • antipasto

    Antipasto is the sort of food that is often served at the beginning of an Italian meal, for example cold meats and vegetables in olive oil.

  • assort

    to arrange or distribute into groups of the same type; classify

  • box store

    a retail store that sells a limited assortment of basic grocery items, often, as at a warehouse, displayed in their original cartons in order to lower costs and prices.

  • compilation

    A compilation is a book, CD, or programme that contains many different items that have been gathered together, usually ones which have already appeared in other places.

  • five-and-ten

    Also called five-and-ten-cent store [fahyv-uh n-ten-sent] /ˈfaɪv ənˈtɛnˌsɛnt/ (Show IPA), five-and-dime [fahyv-uh n-dahym] /ˈfaɪv ənˈdaɪm/ (Show IPA), dime store, ten-cent store. a store offering a wide assortment of inexpensive items, formerly costing five or ten cents, for personal and household use.
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