assortment (redirected from assortments)

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 [əˈsɔːtmənt]

n

1. a collection or group of various things or sorts

2. the act of assorting

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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 an assortment of cheeses

Translations

assortment [əˈsɔːtmənt] N

1. (Comm) → surtido m

2. (= mixture) → mezcla f; (= collection) → colección f
there was a strange assortment of guests → había una extraña mezcla de invitados
Peter was there with an assortment of girlfriends → allí estaba Peter con una colección de amigas
quite an assortment! → ¡aquí hay de todo!

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assortment [əˈsɔː^rtmənt] n [shapes, colours, sizes] → assortiment m; [people] → mélange m
an interesting assortment of people → un mélange intéressant de gens

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assortment

n → Mischung f; (of goods) → Auswahl f (→ of an +dat), → Sortiment nt → (of von); (of ideas) → Sammlung f; a whole assortment of boyfriends → ein ganzes Sortiment von Freunden

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assortment [əˈsɔːtmənt] n (Comm) (mixture) → assortimento
there was a strange assortment of guests → c'era uno strano miscuglio di invitati

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assortment [əˈsɔːtmənt] n (Comm) (mixture) → assortimento
there was a strange assortment of guests → c'era uno strano miscuglio di invitati

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assortment → تصنيف sortiment sortiment Auswahl συλλογή surtido valikoima assortiment izbor assortimento 各種取り合わせ 구색을 갖춘 것 assortiment sortiment asortyment classificação, sortido ассортимент blandning การจัดประเภท çeşit sự phân loại 分类