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as·sort·ment
(ə-sôrt′mənt)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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as•sort•ment
(əˈsɔrt mənt)n.
1. the act of assorting; distribution; classification.
2. a collection of various kinds of things.
[1605–15]
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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.
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Noun 1. [画像:assortment - a collection containing a variety of sorts of things]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"
aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
grab bag - an assortment of miscellaneous items
witches' brew, witches' broth, witch's brew - 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. [画像:assortment - the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type]assortment - the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
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
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assortment
nounA collection of various things:
conglomeration, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, mélange, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, olio, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, variety.
Slang: grab bag.
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Translations
تَصْنِيف مَجْموعَة مُنَوَّعَه
sortimentsoupravakolekcesměs
sortimentudvalg
valikoima
asortiman
úrval
各種取り合わせ
구색을 갖춘 것
sortiment
blandning
การจัดประเภท
các mặt hàng cùng loại
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
assortment
[əˈsɔːrtmənt] n [shapes, colours, sizes] → assortiment m; [people] → mélange man interesting assortment of people → un mélange intéressant de gens
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
assortment
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
assortment
[əˈsɔːtmənt] n (Comm) (mixture) → assortimentothere was a strange assortment of guests → c'era uno strano miscuglio di invitati
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
assorted
(əˈsoːtid) adjective mixed; of or containing various different kinds. assorted colours; assorted sweets. gemengde مُنَوَّع، مُتَنَوِّع разнороден sortido míchaný, rozmanitý, nejrůznější gemischt udvalgt; assorteret ανάμεικτος surtido, variado valik- گوناگون sekoitettu assorti; au choix מִסוּגִים שוֹנִים मिलाजुला probrani válogatott, vegyes campuran, bermacam-macam, aneka af ÿmsu tagi assortito 取り合わせた 갖가지의 įvairus dažādšķirņu- aneka gemengd blandet, assortert mieszany بیلا بیل sortido asortat сортированный; подобранный zmiešaný raznovrsten, izbran pomešan; raznovrstan blandad, utvald หลากหลาย çeşitli, türlü türlü, karışık 各種的 дібраний قسم قسم کے hỗn hợp 各种各样的,混杂的
asˈsortment noun a mixture or variety. an assortment of garments. verskeidenheid مَجْموعَة مُنَوَّعَه асортимент variedade sortiment, souprava, směs die Mischung udvalg; sortiment ποικιλία, συλλογή surtido valik آمیزه؛ انواع مختلف lajitelma assortiment מבחר मिश्र izbor választék aneka, rupa-rupa úrval assortimento, varietà 取り合わせ 구색을 갖춘 것 asortimentas sortiments beraneka jenis assortiment utvalg, assortiment mieszanka, rozmaitość مختلف ډولونه variedade varietate ассортимент sortiment; zmes izbira mešavina; raznovrsnost, asortiman sortiment, blandning, urval นานาชนิด çeşit çeşit 各式各樣 вибір, асортимент مختلف میل یک جا đủ loại 各种各样
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assortment
→ تَصْنِيف sortiment sortiment Auswahl συλλογή surtido valikoima assortiment asortiman assortimento 各種取り合わせ 구색을 갖춘 것 assortiment sortiment asortyment sortido , sortimento ассортимент blandning การจัดประเภท çeşit các mặt hàng cùng loại 分类Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009