assortmentn.

/əˈsɔːtmənt/

Etymology: < assort v. + -ment suffix; compare French assortiment, Italian assortimento.

1. The action of assorting; assorted condition; arrangement or classification into classes or kinds.

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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Proprieté,..a handsome or comelie assortment.

1714 R. Johnson Noctes Nottinghamicæ 8 Of better Direction for the assortment and certainty of structure.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 408 If a certain lucky assortment of corpuscles could produce me into being.

1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life iv. 57 The absence of quantity and assortment in his wares.

1885 N.E.D. at Assortment Mod. She was engaged in the assortment of her crewels.

2. A group of things of the same sort; a class formed by assorting. spec. in Forestry (see quots.). Also attributive.

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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] > a kind, sort, or class

kinc950

kindOE

distinction?c1225

rowc1300

spece1303

spice1303

fashionc1325

espicec1386

differencea1398

statec1450

sort?1523

notion1531

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vein1568

brood1581

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basket1916

1767 A. Smith Considerations Formation Langs. in Theory Moral Sentiments (ed. 3) II. 407 Those classes and assortments, which, in the schools, are called genera and species.

1775 E. Burke Speech Amer. Taxation 51 In such heterogeneous assortments, the most innocent person will lose the effect of his innocency.

1896 W. R. Fisher Schlich's Man. Forestry V. i. v. 248 The various pieces into which a tree may be converted by the woodcutter are termed rough assortments of timber.

1953 Brit. Commonw. Forest Terminol.: Pt. I (Empire Forestry Assoc.) 13 Assortment table, a volume table in which the volumes are differentiated according to size classes or other criteria affecting utilization.

3. An assorted set, whether of different varieties of the same thing (as ‘an assortment of silks’) or of various things (as ‘an assortment of goods’); a variety of sorts adapted to various requirements.

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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > assorted

sortment1621

assortment1791

1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing II. ii. 357 To produce an assortment of shades.

1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers I. viii. 121 Enough to furnish, in the language of the country, as an assortment for a store.

1833 C. Lamb Pop. Fallacies xi, in Last Ess. Elia 252 Having by us a tolerable assortment of these gift-horses.

1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 60 Such as the sample is, will the entire assortment be.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	assortment
释义	assortmentn. /əˈsɔːtmənt/ Etymology: < assort v. + -ment suffix; compare French assortiment, Italian assortimento. 1. The action of assorting; assorted condition; arrangement or classification into classes or kinds. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Proprieté,..a handsome or comelie assortment. 1714 R. Johnson Noctes Nottinghamicæ 8 Of better Direction for the assortment and certainty of structure. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 408 If a certain lucky assortment of corpuscles could produce me into being. 1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life iv. 57 The absence of quantity and assortment in his wares. 1885 N.E.D. at Assortment Mod. She was engaged in the assortment of her crewels. 2. A group of things of the same sort; a class formed by assorting. spec. in Forestry (see quots.). Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] > a kind, sort, or class kinc950 kindOE distinction?c1225 rowc1300 spece1303 spice1303 fashionc1325 espicec1386 differencea1398 statec1450 sort?1523 notion1531 species1561 vein1568 brood1581 rank1585 order1588 race1590 breed1598 strain1612 batch1616 tap1623 siege1630 subdivision1646 notionality1651 category1660 denomination1664 footmark1666 genus1666 world1685 sortment1718 tribe1731 assortment1767 description1776 style1794 grouping1799 classification1803 subcategory1842 type1854 basket1916 1767 A. Smith Considerations Formation Langs. in Theory Moral Sentiments (ed. 3) II. 407 Those classes and assortments, which, in the schools, are called genera and species. 1775 E. Burke Speech Amer. Taxation 51 In such heterogeneous assortments, the most innocent person will lose the effect of his innocency. 1896 W. R. Fisher Schlich's Man. Forestry V. i. v. 248 The various pieces into which a tree may be converted by the woodcutter are termed rough assortments of timber. 1953 Brit. Commonw. Forest Terminol.: Pt. I (Empire Forestry Assoc.) 13 Assortment table, a volume table in which the volumes are differentiated according to size classes or other criteria affecting utilization. 3. An assorted set, whether of different varieties of the same thing (as ‘an assortment of silks’) or of various things (as ‘an assortment of goods’); a variety of sorts adapted to various requirements. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > assorted sortment1621 assortment1791 1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing II. ii. 357 To produce an assortment of shades. 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers I. viii. 121 Enough to furnish, in the language of the country, as an assortment for a store. 1833 C. Lamb Pop. Fallacies xi, in Last Ess. Elia 252 Having by us a tolerable assortment of these gift-horses. 1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 60 Such as the sample is, will the entire assortment be. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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