American English pronunciation
How to pronounce assorted
IPA transcription: [ə'sɔɹtɪd]
Pronunciation variants: [ə'sɔɹtɪd][ə'sɚtɪd]
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Verb
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arrange or order by classes or categories
“How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?”
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keep company with; hang out with
“He associates with strange people”
“She affiliates with her colleagues”
Adjective
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of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity
“assorted sizes”
“his disguises are many and various”
“various experiments have failed to disprove the theory”
“cited various reasons for his behavior”
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consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; ; ; ; ; ; - I.A.Richards
“an arrangement of assorted spring flowers”
“assorted sizes”
“miscellaneous accessories”
“a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music”
“a motley crew”
“sundry sciences commonly known as social”
Usage examples
- Fifty assorted sweets.
- Fifty assorted sweets.
- Each of these major categories are further sub-divided in an assorted number of awards.
- An older woman is walking on the street with assorted rags on.
- The vehicles are used to smuggle assorted cargo through three different large, open levels.
- His primary instrument is mandolin, and also plays guitar and assorted keyboards.
- The campus attracted oceanography, underwater technology and other assorted marine biology students.
- Establishing a gaming infrastructure is usually capital and labor-intensive accompanied with assorted risks.