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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASSORT'MENT, n.
1. The act of distributing into sorts, kinds of classes, or of selecting and suiting things.
2. A mass or quantity distributed into kinds or sorts; or a number of things assorted.
3. A number of things of the same kind, varied in size, color, quality, price, form, or the like, to suit the market, the wants of people, or various purposes; as an assortment of thread, of silks, of calicoes, etc.
An assortment of paintings.
4. A variety of sorts or kinds adapted to various wants, demands or purposes; as an assortment of goods.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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" [syn: assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley]
2: the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type [syn: categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1611 1. a. the act of assorting b. the state of being assorted 2. a collection of assorted things or persons

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a set of various sorts of things or people put together; a mixed collection.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Assortment 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(assortments) An assortment is a group of similar things that are of different sizes or colours or have different qualities. ...an assortment of cheese. N-COUNT: oft N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Assorting, arranging, allotment, distribution, arrangement. 2. Class, group, set, batch, lot, parcel, stock, store, collection, pack, package. 3. Variety of sorts, many kinds.

Moby Thesaurus

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