assort

American  

[uh-sawrt] / əˈsɔrt /

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 ).

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verb (used without object)

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

2. to associate; consort.

assort British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

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

Etymology

Origin of assort

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

Example Sentences

Perfectly unlinked genes correspond to the frequencies predicted by Mendel to assort independently in a dihybrid cross.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

If genes are far apart and more likely to cross-over, then they are more likely to assort independently.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018

We could try to assort that bunch top-to-bottom, from the front of the train to the caboose.

From Forbes • Jul. 14, 2015

Many species, including primates and wolves, assort themselves by means of a dominance hierarchy.

From Scientific American • Dec. 19, 2011

Since the ice does not assort the material which it carries, as water does, the clay, sand, gravel and bowlders will not, by the action of the ice, be separated from one another.

From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Atwood, Wallace W.