Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act of assorting; separation into classes.
- n. A collection of various kinds; a variety.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of assorting or distributing into sorts, kinds, or classes, or of selecting and suiting.
- n. A collection of things assorted: as, an assortment of goods; “an assortment of paintings,”
- n. A class or group into which objects are assorted.
Wiktionary
- n. A collection of varying but related items.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Act of assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or classes.
- n. A collection or quantity of things distributed into kinds or sorts; a number of things assorted.
- n. A collection containing a variety of sorts or kinds adapted to various wants, demands, or purposes.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
- n. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
Examples
“This eclectic assortment is characteristic of all the household purchasers, with the exception of Hester Smit from the neighboring Halve Dorschvloer.”
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa
“Speaking of casting ballots ... voting for The Twelve Babes of Christmas assortment is underway, and I totally didn't notice.”
“We are building the right mix of stores, Bay, Zellers, Home Outfitters by market to ensure the full HBC assortment is in place, in the proper proportion, a shopping solution by market.”
“Despite weak fourth-quarter results, the chain made significant operational improvements in 2008, would expand its private label assortment with three new in-house A/V brands, and would introduce a new ad campaign in July that leveraged RadioShack's heritage while "clarifying its positioning" in the marketplace, Day said.”
“The assortment is a perfect combination of our aesthetics.”
The Huffington Post: Blue Carreon: A Conversation With Handbag Designer Fiona Kotur
“But in doing so, the brand neglected its tops assortment, which is a big driver of sales.”
The Wall Street Journal: Gap Brand President Marka Hansen to Leave
“His only recourse: Take down both corporations, with the help of a ragtag assortment of unusually talented junkyard misfits.”
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“The engineers stared at the ragtag assortment of parts and then immediately got to work and came up with a unique design using plastic bags, cardboard, and duct tape to save the astronauts.”
The Huffington Post: Anne Naylor: The Power Of Limits To Awaken The Human Spirit
“Through a series of mishaps, Mr. Furious, The Blue Raja, and The Shoveler team up with a ragtag assortment of other heroes to become the Mystery Men.”
“Its few opponents -- like Saddam, Kaddafi and Castro -- are a ragtag assortment of despots who preside precariously over their impoverished lands.”
Lists
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Groups
Words synonymous with 'group.'
congregation, crowd, gaggle, flock, clique, bunch, cluster, herd, mass, mob, multitude, organization and 118 more...
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Collections
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collection, omnium-gatherum, sylloge, antiphonary, anthology, bestiary, cartulary, dossier, sampler, assortment, variety, hodgepodge and 61 more...
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