reassortment

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noun

The act or result of arranging in a new order or layout.

OriginEnglish assortment ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

nounreassortment (countable and uncountable, plural reassortments)

plural reassortments · alternative re-assortment

  1. countableuncountableThe act or result of arranging in a new order or layout.
  2. countableuncountablebiologyThe mixing of genetic material of two competing viruses infecting the same cell.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishassortment
  7. Englishreassortment

From re- + assortment.

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APA

reassortment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reassortment

MLA

“reassortment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reassortment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reassortment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reassortment.

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