- a collection or group of various things or sorts
- the act of assorting
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
as•sort•ment /əˈsɔrtmənt/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- [countable]
- a collection of various kinds of things;
mixed collection.
as•sort•ment
(ə sôrt′mənt),USA pronunciation n.
- the act of assorting;
distribution;
classification. - a collection of various kinds of things;
a mixed collection.
- assort + -ment 1605–15
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
assortment /əˈsɔːtmənt/ n
'assortment' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
assort
- diversity
- Mendel's laws
- miscellany
- olla podrida
- omnium-gatherum
- ragbag
- variety
- antipasto
- box store
- compilation
- five-and-ten
- font
- fruit cup
- gaggle
- include
- independent assortment
- law of independent assortment
- Mendel's law
- Mendel's second law
- miscellaneous
- mixed bag
- mixed grill
- parcel
- parcel tanker
- pick
- prepack
- pupu
- recombination
- salad
- salad bar
- stuff