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 by with ).

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. intrusually foll bywith 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.
   intrusually foll bywith to keep company; consort

Derived Forms

• asˈsorter, noun
• asˈsortatively, adverb
• asˈsortative, adjective

Other Words From

• as·sorta·tive as·sortive adjective
• as·sorta·tive·ly adverb
• as·sorter noun
• reas·sort 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

Worse yet, how could one assort together duplication and the double object, whiteness and the white object?

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After council I went to work to assort the articles to be sold, etc.

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He undertook to assort the correspondence, and forward it to Montreal and Toronto by queen's messengers.

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Now, however, they assort them elsewhere, and their wretched dwellings are as clean as it is possible to keep them.

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The colours for the conical stripes may be any two or four colours, which assort well together; or each may be different.

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