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 Definitions of assort  [əˈsɔrt]  

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Definition of 'assort' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) assort
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify.

2.  assort
to furnish with a suitable assortment or variety of goods.

3. (v.i.) assort
to agree in sort or kind; be matched or suited.

4.  assort
to associate; consort.

Etymology:  (1480–90; < MF assorter. See as -, sort)

Definition of 'assort' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) consort, associate, affiliate, assort
keep company with; hang out with
"He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"

2. (verb) classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
arrange or order by classes or categories
"How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"


Definition of 'assort' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) assort
to separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to assort goods. [Rarely applied to persons.]

2. (verb) assort
to furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods; as, to assort a cargo

3. (verb) assort
to agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to fall into a class or place



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