assortment
pronunciation
How to pronounce assortment in British English:
UK [əˈsɔːtmənt]
How to pronounce assortment in American English:
US [əˈsɔːrtmənt]
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- Noun:
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
Word Origin
- assortment (n.)
- 1610s, "action of assorting," from assort + -ment. Sense of "group of things of the same sort" is attested from 1759; that of "group of things whether the same sort or not" from 1791.
Example
- 1. If you can 't decide on just one wallpaper pattern , go with an assortment .
- 2. And a vicious assortment of seafood ...... what more can they hit us with ?
- 3. He was shut in with an assortment of strangers .
- 4. All were washed down with an assortment of vintage american wines .
- 5. Lime green reigns in the centerpiece below , which features an assortment of mums in various containers .