Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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

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

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