assortment : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: assortment	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
assortment n 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" Synonym(s): assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type Synonym(s): categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assortment \Assort"ment\ (-m[eit]nt), n. [Cf. F. assortiment.] 1. Act of assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or classes. 2. A collection or quantity of things distributed into kinds or sorts; a number of things assorted. 3. A collection containing a variety of sorts or kinds adapted to various wants, demands, or purposes; as, an assortment* of goods.