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assortment en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /əˈsɔːtmənt/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English assort Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English assortment From assort + -ment.

Meanings

  1. A collection of varying but related items.
    • The tool and die department stocks various hardware assortments, such as cap screws in most thread sizes and assorted lengths.
    • This box has an assortment of chocolates. There's a picture on the cover so you know which is which.

Forms

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Deriveds

reassortment

Relateds

assorted

Synonyms

diversity · Whitman's sampler

Translations (29)

it assortimento (collection of varying but related items) · de Auswahl (collection of varying but related items) · it varietà (collection of varying but related items) · bg избор (collection of varying but related items) · bg асортимент (collection of varying but related items) · fi joukko (collection of varying but related items) · pt sortimento (collection of varying but related items) · cs kolekce (collection of varying but related items) · ru ассортиме́нт (collection of varying but related items) · ko 모음 (collection of varying but related items) · gd measgachadh (collection of varying but related items) · ru колле́кция (collection of varying but related items) · fi lajitelma (collection of varying but related items) · de ausgewählte Zusammenstellung (collection of varying but related items) · es surtido (collection of varying but related items) · hu választék (collection of varying but related items) · pl asortyment (collection of varying but related items) · fi valikoima (collection of varying but related items) · io sortaro (collection of varying but related items) · ca assortiment (collection of varying but related items) · fr assortiment (collection of varying but related items) · de Sortiment (collection of varying but related items) · nl assortiment (collection of varying but related items) · io asorto (collection of varying but related items) · io asortajo (collection of varying but related items) · ru набо́р (collection of varying but related items) · uk асортиме́нт (collection of varying but related items) · ka ასორტი (collection of varying but related items) · bg сортиране (collection of varying but related items)