assortment

/ə'sɔ:tmənt/

Thân thiện

A child sorts an assortment of colorful buttons into small bowls.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type: "Assortment" can refer to the action or process of sorting items into groups based on shared characteristics.
   • A collection containing a variety of sorts of things: "Assortment" also denotes a group or collection composed of different kinds of items or people.

Usage

• Use "assortment" to describe a diverse collection of items available together.
• Use "assortment" to refer to the systematic process of categorizing items.
• It is often preceded by adjectives like "wide," "large," "interesting," or "random" to describe the nature of the collection.

Examples

• Noun (Collection):
• Noun (Act of Sorting):

Advanced Usage

• "assortment of": This is the most common collocation, used to introduce the types of items in the collection.
• In retail and business contexts, "product assortment" or "merchandise assortment" refers to the variety of products a store carries.

Variants and Related Words

• Assort (verb): To classify or arrange in groups; to supply with an assortment.
• Assorted (adjective): Consisting of various kinds mixed together.

Synonyms

• Variety: A number of different types of things, especially in a group.
• Mixture: A combination of different things in which the component elements are individually distinct.
• Array: An impressive display or range of a particular type of thing.
• Selection: A carefully chosen range of items.

Antonyms

• Uniformity: The quality or state of being uniform; sameness.
• Homogeneity: The quality or state of being all the same or all of the same kind.

Related Phrases

• "assort with" (archaic/formal): To agree with; to be suitable for or in harmony with.
• "assortative mating" (specialized, biology/sociology): A mating pattern where individuals with similar phenotypes or genotypes mate with one another more frequently than would be expected under a random mating pattern.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
2. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
   • a great assortment of cars was on display
   • he had a variety of disorders
   • a veritable smorgasbord of religions

Từ đồng nghĩa

• categorization
• categorisation
• classification
• compartmentalization
• compartmentalisation