Meanings
present singular third person assorts · participle present assorting · participle past assorted · past assorted
- transitiveTo sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.
They appear […] no way assorted to those with whom they must associate.
1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC - intransitiveTo be of a kind with, to harmonise or match.
She wore a peruke of very fair golden hair; and herein was shown the lurking spirit of female vanity: her own tresses had been very beautiful; in some whim she had had them shaven off, but the colour of the peruke had been most assiduously assorted to them.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 217 - intransitiveTo be associated with; to consort with.
- transitiveTo furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods.
to assort a cargo
Synonyms & antonyms
verbarrange or order by classes or categories
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchassortir
- Englishassort
Middle French assortir.
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian сортирам, подреждам
- сортирам (sortiram)To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class
- подреждам (podreždam)To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class
- съгласувам се (săglasuvam se)To be associated with; to consort with
- хармонирам (harmoniram)To be associated with; to consort with
Finnish lajitella
- lajitellaTo sort or arrange according to characteristic or class
Hungarian osztályoz, besorol
- osztályozTo sort or arrange according to characteristic or class
- besorolTo sort or arrange according to characteristic or class
Irish rangaigh
- rangaighTo sort or arrange according to characteristic or class
Russian сортировать, подбира́ть
- сортировать (sortirovatʹ)To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class
- подбира́ть (podbirátʹ)To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class
- группировать (gruppirovatʹ)To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class
- классифици́ровать (klassificírovatʹ)To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class
- согласова́ться (soglasovátʹsja)To be associated with; to consort with
- согласо́вываться (soglasóvyvatʹsja)To be associated with; to consort with
- гармони́ровать (garmonírovatʹ)To be associated with; to consort with
- подходи́ть (podxodítʹ)To be associated with; to consort with
Spanish clasificar, ordenar
- clasificarTo sort or arrange according to characteristic or class
- ordenarTo sort or arrange according to characteristic or class
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
assort. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assort
“assort.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assort. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assort,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assort.
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