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reassort

reassort verb: to assort again.

Verb

reassort (third-person singular simple present reassorts, present participle reassorting, simple past and past participle reassorted)

  1. To assort again
    • Phylogenetic analysis of complete genome sequences found evidence for two distinct cocirculating lineages of IDV which freely reassort.2014 October 29, Emily A. Collin et al., “Cocirculation of Two Distinct Genetic and Antigenic Lineages of Proposed Influenza D Virus in Cattle”, in Journal of Virology, volume 89, →DOI

Forms of reassort

third-person singular presentreassorts
present participlereassorting
past participlereassorted
pastreassorted

Origin of reassort

From re- + assort.

Questions about reassort

What does reassort mean?
Reassort means to assort again.
What part of speech is reassort?
Reassort is a verb.
What is the past tense of reassort?
The past tense of reassort is reassorted.

Words near reassort in the dictionary

  1. reassociates
  2. reassociating
  3. reassociation
  4. reassociations
  5. reassociative
  6. reassort
  7. reassortant
  8. reassortants
  9. reassortation
  10. reassortations
  11. reassorted

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