assortment

/əˈsɔrtmənt/

/əˈsɔtmənt/

Other forms: assortments

An assortment is a collection of things that aren't the same. An assortment of chocolates might have some that are filled with coconut, caramel, or nuts. Yum.

An assortment is a bunch of different things all together whether they’re the same sort or not. An assortment of nuts is a bunch of different nuts, such as cashews, peanuts, and almonds. If you have books, candy bars, action figures, photos, and paper clips on your desk, you have an assortment of things. A store that sells a wide variety of products offers an assortment. If you love choices, assortments are for you.

Definitions of assortment

1. noun

   the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
   synonyms: categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization

   types:

   indexing

   the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve

   reclassification

   classifying something again (usually in a new category)

   relegation

   the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category

   stratification

   the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata

   taxonomy

   practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships

   typology

   classification according to general type

   type of:

   grouping

   the activity of putting things together in groups
2. noun

   a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
   “a great assortment of cars was on display”

   synonyms: medley, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety

   types:

   grab bag

   an assortment of miscellaneous items

   witch's brew, witches' brew, witches' broth

   a fearsome mixture

   range

   a variety of different things or activities

   selection

   an assortment of things from which a choice can be made

   farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag

   a motley assortment of things

   alphabet soup

   a confusing assortment

   sampler

   an assortment of various samples

   band

   a range of frequencies between two limits

   type of:

   accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection

   several things grouped together or considered as a whole