Synonyms for assortment
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-sawrt-muh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈsɔrt mənt |
Top 10 synonyms for assortment Other synonyms for the word assortment
Définition of assortment
Origin :- 1610s, "action of assorting," from assort + -ment. Sense of "group of things of the same sort" is attested from 1759; that of "group of things whether the same sort or not" from 1791.
- noun variety
- We have a shop close by, where you will find an assortment of all the articles that are most in request.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- The shopwoman displayed her assortment of cotillion objects.
- Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
- When the "assortment" was weighed she made Lisa add some jelly and gherkins to it.
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- I examined the assortment in the case, counting a total of twenty-eight shirts.
- Extract from : « Secret Armies » by John L. Spivak
- With his hands he kept fumbling an assortment of clippings, memoranda, and copy.
- Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
- At noon Frank was brought an assortment of food that made his eye bulge.
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Bravery » by Burt L. Standish
- But such an assortment the author has not been able to find.
- Extract from : « Unwritten Literature of Hawaii » by Nathaniel Bright Emerson
- Ask my slaves if such an assortment of shawls was ever yet beheld.'
- Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli
- Now we're going to make your assortment of limbs a little incomplete.
- Extract from : « The Man With The Broken Ear » by Edmond About
- He handed the assortment to Miss Thomas with a sheepish grin.
- Extract from : « A Son of the City » by Herman Gastrell Seely
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