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Assortment

Uh-SAW-rtmuhnt

/ʌˈsɔːrtmʌnt/

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assortment

Dictionary meaning

The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type.

Examples

  • A great assortment of cars was on display.

Synonyms: categorization

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