assortment

as·sort·ment  (-sôrtmnt)

n.

1. The act of assorting; separation into classes.

2. A collection of various kinds; a variety.

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assortment

Noun

a collection of various things or sorts

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Assortment a group of things; a selection; a group of things of the same sort; an assorted set. See also medley, miscellany.

Examples: assortment of gift-horses, 1823; of shades [‘colours’], 1611.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	assortment - 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" miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety, mixture aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole grab bag - an assortment of miscellaneous items witch's brew, witches' brew, witches' broth - a fearsome mixture; "a witches' brew of gangsters and terrorists"; "mixing dope and alcohol creates a witches' brew" range - a variety of different things or activities; "he answered a range of questions"; "he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection" selection - an assortment of things from which a choice can be made; "the store carried a large selection of shoes" farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag - a motley assortment of things alphabet soup - a confusing assortment; "Roosevelt created an alphabet soup of federal agencies" sampler - an assortment of various samples; "a candy sampler"; "a sampler of French poets"
	2.	assortment - the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization, categorisation, categorization grouping - the activity of putting things together in groups indexing - the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve reclassification - classifying something again (usually in a new category) relegation - the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category stratification - the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata taxonomy - practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships typology - classification according to general type

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assortment

noun variety, choice, collection, selection, mixture, diversity, array, jumble, medley, mixed bag (informal) potpourri, mélange (French) miscellany, mishmash, farrago, hotchpotch, salmagundi, pick 'n' mix

Translations

assortment [əˈsɔːtmənt] n → surtido

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assortment [əˈsɔːtmənt] n → assortiment m;

(of people) → mélange m

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assortment [əˈsɔːtmənt] n → Mischung f;

(of books, people etc) → Ansammlung f

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assortment [əˈsɔːtmənt] n → assortimento