assort (redirected from assorter)

as·sort  (-sôrt)

v. as·sort·ed, as·sort·ing, as·sorts

v.tr.

1. To separate into groups according to kind; classify.

2. To supply with (an appropriate variety or assortment, as of goods).

v.intr.

1. To agree in kind; fall into the same class.

2. To associate with others; keep company.

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[Middle English assorte, from Old French assorter : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + sorte, kind (from Latin sors, sort-, chance, lot; see ser-² in Indo-European roots).]

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as·sorta·tive (-sôrt-tv) adj.

as·sorter n.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	assort - keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" affiliate, consort, associate interact - act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues" ally - become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage; "He allied himself with the Communists" go steady, date, go out, see - date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!" companion, company, keep company, accompany - be a companion to somebody
	2.	assort - arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" class, classify, sort out, sort, separate unitise, unitize - separate or classify into units; "The hospital was unitized for efficiency" catalogue, catalog - make an itemized list or catalog of; classify; "He is cataloguing his photographic negatives" isolate - separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them refer - think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another; "This plant can be referred to a known species" reclassify - classify anew, change the previous classification; "The zoologists had to reclassify the mollusks after they found new species" size - sort according to size dichotomise, dichotomize - divide into two opposing groups or kinds stereotype, pigeonhole, stamp - treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European" group - arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes together?" categorise, categorize - place into or assign to a category; "Children learn early on to categorize" grade - determine the grade of or assign a grade to number, count - put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"