From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Assortment \As*sort"ment\ (-ment), n. [Cf. F. assortiment.]
1. Act of assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or
classes.
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2. A collection or quantity of things distributed into kinds
or sorts; a number of things assorted.
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3. A collection containing a variety of sorts or kinds
adapted to various wants, demands, or purposes; as, an
assortment of goods.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
assortment
n 1: 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" [syn:
{assortment}, {mixture}, {mixed bag}, {miscellany},
{miscellanea}, {variety}, {salmagundi}, {smorgasbord},
{potpourri}, {motley}]
2: the act of distributing things into classes or categories of
the same type [syn: {categorization}, {categorisation},
{classification}, {compartmentalization},
{compartmentalisation}, {assortment}]
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