assorted
assorted is the simple past and past participle of assort.
Meaning of assort
Verb
assort (third-person singular simple present assorts, present participle assorting, simple past and past participle assorted)
- To 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
- To 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
- To be associated with; to consort with.
- To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods.
- to assort a cargo
Adjective
assorted (comparative more assorted, superlative most assorted)
- Composed of a number of different kinds or types; mixed; miscellaneous.
- Nor was I ever able to treat myself to the national drunkard's delight that is the ‘munchy box’: a foot-square pizza carton crammed with onion rings, doner meat shavings, hunks of nan bread and nuggets of assorted bhaji, all served on a bed of Glasgow salad.2012, Tim Moore, You Are Awful (But I Like You): Travels Around Unloved Britain, Vintage, →ISBN, page 149
- Synonyms:
- confused, conglomerate, desultory, deviating, different, disaccordant, discordant, discrepant, disordered, disparate
Synonyms of assorted
- confused
- conglomerate
- desultory
- deviating
- different
- disaccordant
- discordant
- discrepant
- disordered
- disparate
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- dissimilar
- divers
- diverse
- diversified
- inaccordant
- incongruous
- inconsistent
- inconsonant
- indiscriminate
- inharmonious
- irregular
- jumbled
- manifold
- many-sided
- mingled
- miscellaneous
- mixed
- mixed up
- mosaic
- motley
- multifarious
- multiform
- multifold
- multigenerous
- multiplex
- nonuniform
- odd
- omniform
- omnigenous
- omnifarious
Antonyms
Forms of assorted
| comparative | more assorted |
|---|---|
| superlative | most assorted |
Words formed from assorted
Questions about assorted
- What does assorted mean?
- Assorted means composed of a number of different kinds or types; mixed; miscellaneous.
- What is assorted the simple past and past participle of?
- Assorted is the simple past and past participle of assort.
- What part of speech is assorted?
- Assorted is an adjective.
Words near assorted in the dictionary
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