assorted
pronunciation
How to pronounce assorted in British English:
UK [əˈsɔːtɪd]
How to pronounce assorted in American English:
US [əˈsɔːrtɪd]
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- Adjective:
- consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity)
- of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity
Word Origin
- assorted (adj.)
- "arranged in sorts," 1797, past participle adjective from assort (v.).
Synonym
Example
- 1. These promised cures and assorted breakthroughs turn out to have a long history .
- 2. Going outside , for example , presented its own issues : primarily , how to carry a wallet and assorted other necessities .
- 3. And that leaves only husbands and assorted family members , who aren 't exactly independent .
- 4. He has stakes in assorted grocery shops and delicatessens , and markets his own produce , grown at an old collective farm outside moscow .
- 5. The government in bamako , mali 's capital , is in disarray after a coup by disaffected soldiers in march and is struggling to control even the southern half of the country , having abandoned the north to the assorted rebels .