assort

[uh-sawrt]

verb (used with object)

1. to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.

2. to furnish with a suitable assortment or variety of goods; make up of articles likely to suit a demand.

3. Archaic.,  to group with others of the same or similar kind; connect or identify as of a similar class; associate (usually followed bywith ).

verb (used without object)

1. to agree in sort or kind; be matched or suited.

2. to associate; consort.

assort

/ əˈsɔːt /

verb

1. (tr) to arrange or distribute into groups of the same type; classify

2. to fit or fall into a class or group; match

3. (tr) to supply with an assortment of merchandise

4. (tr) to put in the same category as others; group

5. rare,  to keep company; consort

Other Word Forms

• assortative adjective
• assortive adjective
• assortatively adverb
• assorter noun
• reassort verb

Word History and Origins

Origin of assort¹

From the Middle French word assorter, dating back to 1480–90. See as-, sort

Word History and Origins

Origin of assort¹

C15: from Old French assorter, from sorte _sort

Example Sentences

Despite hurting growth, a broader U.K. tax increase could have advantages compared with a grab bag of assorted tax increases, economists say.

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The American right has to shed its Jew-haters somehow, just as it had to loose itself from segregationism and assorted paranoias in the 1960s.

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It is also liberating to spend 40 minutes not thinking about work or assorted problems and anxieties.

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Koerner runs an investigations and fraud-prevention company that has had decades of dealings with government agencies and assorted businesses, including insurance companies.

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Lee surrounds himself with a network of well-meaning people who take care of each other, interspersed with assorted ne’er-do-wells.

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