[syn: categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Assortment \As*sort"ment\ (-ment), n. [Cf. F. assortiment.]
1. Act of assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or
classes.
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2. A collection or quantity of things distributed into kinds
or sorts; a number of things assorted.
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3. A collection containing a variety of sorts or kinds
adapted to various wants, demands, or purposes; as, an
assortment of goods.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
assortment
n 1: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a
great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety
of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" [syn:
assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany,
miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord,
potpourri, motley]
2: the act of distributing things into classes or categories of
the same type [syn: categorization, categorisation,
classification, compartmentalization,
compartmentalisation, assortment]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "assortment":
agglomeration, all sorts, allay, alleviate, appease, array,
assemblage, assuage, batch, broad spectrum, calm, categorization,
category, class, classification, collectanea, collection,
conciliate, conglomerate, conglomeration, culling, ease, farrago,
gallimaufry, gradation, group, grouping, hash, hodgepodge,
hotchpot, hotchpotch, jumble, lighten, lot, magpie, mash, medley,
melange, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash,
mitigate, mix, mixed bag, mixture, mollify, oddments,
odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pasticcio,
pastiche, patchwork, placate, placement, potpourri, propitiate,
ranking, relax, salad, salmagundi, sauce, scramble, screening,
selection, set, sifting, slack, slacken, soothe, sorting,
sorting out, stew, subordination, sundries, sweeten, taxonomy,
triage, variety, what you will