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Definition: Assortment |
AssortmentNoun1. A collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "assortment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references) |
Etymology: Assortment \As*sort"ment\ (-ment), noun. [Compare to the French expression assortiment.]. (references) |
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Geography | A process by which runoff from soil, particularly sandy land, picks up and carries away the finer, lighter particles leaving behind the larger, heavier particles. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: AssortmentSynonyms: miscellanea (n), miscellany (n), mixed bag (n), mixture (n), motley (n), potpourri (n), variety (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arrangement | Noun: arrangement; plan; preparation; disposal, disposition; collocation, allocation; distribution; sorting; Verb: assortment, allotment, apportionment, taxis, taxonomy, syntaxis, graduation, organization; grouping; tabulation. |
Assemblage | Group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil; set, batch, lot, pack; budget, assortment, bunch; parcel; packet, package; bundle, fascine, fasces, bale; seron, seroon; fagot, wisp, truss, tuft; shock, rick, fardel, stack, sheaf, fascicle, fascicule, fasciculus, gavel, hattock, stook. |
Class | Kind, sort, genus, species, variety, family, order, kingdom, race, tribe, caste, sept, clan, breed, type, subtype, kit, sect, set, subset; assortment; feather, kidney; suit; range; gender, sex, kin. |
Multiformity | Noun: multiformity, omniformity; variety, diversity; multifariousness; Adjective: varied assortment. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Assortment |
| English words defined with "assortment": assorted ♦ farrago ♦ hodgepodge, hotchpotch ♦ melange, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellaneous, miscellany, mishmash, mixed, mixed bag, mixture, motley ♦ oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum ♦ potpourri ♦ ragbag ♦ sampler, selection, smorgasbord, sundry ♦ variety. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "assortment": font of type ♦ linkages ♦ Mendel's third law ♦ QUALITY-CONTROL CHECKER ♦ Recombination, Genetic. (references) |
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Screenplays | Well, I see we have the usual assortment of dope fiends and drug addicts (Ed Wood; writing credit: Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski.) | |
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 | Dramatic Hubble telescope pictures reveal that quasars live in a remarkable assortment of ... Credit: NASA. |  | Assortment of credit cards, mostly from restaurants and hotels. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Port Farina beachside strewn with a wide assortment of Nazi military debris and a Nazi half-track in the water. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Food. Assortment of melons in arched passage. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Health | There they begin making a complete assortment of healthy blood cells. (references) | |
A similar, wide assortment of treatment modalities used to remove common bile duct stones before laparoscopic cholecystectomy is available to remove these stones detected after surgery. (references) | ||
Business | High-end American retailer, Tiffany, has a wide assortment of merchandise. (references) | |
There were very few specialized beauty products or brand stores, and the level of service there was very low. A couple of local beauty product manufacturers had their own brand stores, but they looked pathetic as they only offered a basic assortment of goods and constantly suffered from deficiency of basic products. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Seychelles | While both opposition parties publish an assortment of newsletters and magazines, only one significant opposition newspaper, the weekly Regar, is in circulation. (references) |
Economic History | Lithuania | The assortment of goods in grocery stores is improving. (references) |
Laos | Midslope and highland Lao speak an assortment of tribal languages. (references) | |
Human Rights | Malaysia | On August 23, police killed one man and seized an assortment of weapons, drugs and pornographic materials in Melaka. (references) |
Travel | Tanzania | Food: Food is available and plentiful in all the urban centers of Tanzania including an assortment of fresh tropical fruits and vegetables. (references) |
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| "Assortment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Assortment" is used about 268 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 268 | 17,996 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "assortment": law of independent assortment ♦ varied assortment. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "assortment": ill-assortment. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "assortment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | asortiment (stock), lloj (brand, brood, cast, class, description, form, genre, kidney, kind, nature, persuasion, race, rate, shape, sort, species, stamp, stock, style, type, variety). (various references) | |
Arabic | مجموعة منوعة (variety), تنسيق (coordinate, coordination), تصنيف (breed, classification, compilation, digestion, distribution, place, ranking, rating, sorting, standing, table), تشكيلة (set, variety). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сортиране (separation, sorting, triage), група (band, bandwagon, batch, body, category, clan, cluster, cohort, crowd, gang, group, knot, party, series, set, society, squad, stirps, suite, troop), асортимент (range), избор (alternative, choice, election, option, pick, selection). (various references) | |
Chinese | 分类 (Assort, Assorted, Assorting, categorise, categorised, Categorize, categorized, Classification, Classified, Classify, Classifying). (various references) | |
Czech | výbìr (access, choice, digest, miscellany, pick, range, selection, variety), třídìní (classification), smìs (amalgam, blend, brew, combination, commixture, compound, concoction, farrago, medley, miscellany, mix, mix up, mixture). (various references) | |
Danish | selektiv erosion (elutriation, selective erosion). (various references) | |
Dutch | assortiment, versnelde erosie (accelerated erosion, elutriation, selective erosion), sortering (classification, grading, separation, size, sorting). (various references) | |
Esperanto | sortimento. (various references) | |
Finnish | valikoiva eroosio (elutriation, selective erosion), valikoima (choice, selection), lajitelma (selection). (various references) | |
French | assortiment, érosion sélective. (various references) | |
Frisian | assortimint. (various references) | |
German | sortiment (assortment of goods, choice, collection, range, retail book trade). (various references) | |
Greek | συλλογή (collection, collection of, compilation, corpus, picking, set), ποικιλία διάφορων ειδών, εκλεκτική διάβρωσις (elutriation, selective erosion), ταξινόμηση (classification, rating). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מיון (classification, grade, grading, indexing, sorting), מבחר (choice, elite, range, selection). (various references) | |
Hungarian | választék (choice, election, range, selection, variety). (various references) | |
Indonesian | keberbagairagaman (diversity), keanekawarnaan (miscellany, variety), campuran (admixture, alloy, amalgam, blend, composite, concoction, interference, intervention, mash, meddling, medley, mixture). (various references) | |
Italian | assortimento (assortment of goods, choice, combination, range, selection, set, stock). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 詰め合わせ (combination), 種別 (classification), 彩り (color scheme, coloration, coloring, makeup), 口分け , "分け . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しなわけ, しゅべつ (classification), くちわけ, つめあわせ (combination), いろどり (color scheme, coloration, coloring, makeup). (various references) | |
Korean | 구색. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | assortmentay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sortimento (choice, kit, stock), seleção (choice, pick, picking, selection), ordenação (line-up, order, ordination, triage), escolha (adoption, choice, choose, election, option, pick, refusal, selection), erosão selectiva (elutriation, selective erosion), classificação (filing, ordination, placing, rating, regimentation, tabulation, triage). (various references) | |
Romanian | asortiment (range, series, variety), varietate (manifold, variant, variety), sortiment (choice, selection), sortare, grupare (classification, group, phalanx), garniturã (complement, decorations, garnish, garniture, gasket, jabot, packing, set, side dish, suite, trimming, trimmings). (various references) | |
Russian | ассортимент ассортиментный, ассортимент (range, range of products), подбор (selection). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | asortiman (selection), sortiranje (sorting), izbor (adoption, availability, choice, election, option, pick, pick of, selection). (various references) | |
Spanish | surtido (assorted, choice, mixed, selection, set, supply, variety). (various references) | |
Swedish | sortiment (collections, line). (various references) | |
Turkish | ayırma (abstraction, appropriation, combout, cull, detachment, dissociation, distinction, division, estrangement, fractionation, insularity, isolation, partition, reduction, resolution, screening, segregation, segregative, seperation, sequestration, severance, sunder, sunderance, throw out, turn off), sınıflandırma (classification, grading, ordination, rating, sorting, subsumption), çeşitlilik (distinctness, diversification, diversity, multiplicity, range, variation, variegation, variety), çeşit (cast, class, denomination, description, genre, ilk, item, kind, range, sample, sort, species, stripe, style, variety). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сортування (batching, classification, garble, gradation, picking, separation, sorting, triage), сортамент, відбирання, вибір (adoption, alternative, choice, option, preference), набір (bank, gang, intake, selection, suit), асортимент (choice), підбир. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự phân loại (classification, system), sự phân hạng. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "assortment": assortments. (additional references) | |
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"Assortment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: assertment, assortement, Barsortiment. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "assortment" (pronounced usô"rtmunt) |
| 7 | -ô" r t m u n t | comportment, deportment. |
| 6 | -r t m u n t | apartment, compartment, department. |
| 5 | -t m u n t | allotment, appointment, abatement, adjustment, commitment, contentment, disappointment, disenchantment, disinvestment, divestment, enactment, enchantment, enlistment, excitement, incitement, indictment, investment, maltreatment, misstatement, mistreatment, ointment, overstatement, presentment, readjustment, reappointment, recruitment, reenactment, reinstatement, reinvestment, resentment, restatement, statement, treatment, understatement. |
| 4 | -m u n t | aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, appeasement, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, assessment, assignment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, complement, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, copayment, curtailment, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, debarment, debasement, deferment, deployment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, encampment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, inclement, increment, inducement, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postponement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, realignment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resettlement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, unemployment, vehement, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-m-n-o-r-s-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: monsteras, sternmost. | |
-2 letters: assentor, maestros, mattress, monstera, monsters, onstream, sarments, senators, smartens, smartest, smatters, starnose, stentors, stomates, tartness, toasters, tonearms, torments, transoms, treasons. | |
-3 letters: atoners, attorns, enamors, maestro, martens, masters, matrons, matters, mentors, moaners, monster, mostest, natters, nestors, notates, oarsmen, ramsons, ransoms, rattens, rattons, reasons, rotates, sarment, senator, senoras, sermons, smarten, smatter, stamens. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-m-n-o-r-s-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: assortments, easternmost, monetarists. | |
+2 letters: demonstrates, remonstrants, remonstrates. | |
+3 letters: demonstrators, menstruations, remonstrators, stationmaster. | |
+4 letters: antimodernists, antiterrorisms, concertmasters, counterstreams, demonstrations, demonstratives, documentarists, forestallments, nonmonetarists, overstatements, remonstrations, restimulations, stationmasters, treponematoses, treponematosis. | |
+5 letters: importunateness, misorientations, misregistration, monounsaturates, neuroanatomists, overadjustments, overestimations, retinoblastomas, semiabstraction, symmetrizations, transmissometer, ultramodernists. | |
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