assorted
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
assorted
adj 1: consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds;
"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"- I.A.Richards [syn:
{assorted}, {miscellaneous}, {mixed}, {motley},
{sundry(a)}]
2: 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" [syn:
{assorted}, {various}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Assort \As*sort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assorted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Assorting}.] [F. assortir; ? (L. ad) + sortir to cast or
draw lots, to obtain by lot, L. sortiri, fr. sors, sortis,
lot. See {Sort}.]
1. To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a
like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a
like purpose; to classify; as, to assort goods.
Note: [Rarely applied to persons.]
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They appear . . . no ways assorted to those with
whom they must associate. --Burke.
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2. To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety
of goods; as, to assort a cargo.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
113 Moby Thesaurus words for "assorted":
adapted, aligned, arranged, arrayed, associated, at odds,
at variance, bracketed, cataloged, categorized, chosen, classified,
composed, conformable, conglomerate, constituted, contrary,
contrasted, contrasting, coupled, departing, deviating, deviative,
different, differentiated, differing, disaccordant, disagreeing,
discordant, discrepant, discrete, discriminated, disjoined,
disparate, disposed, dissimilar, dissonant, distinct,
distinguished, divergent, diverging, divers, diverse, diversified,
filed, fitted, fixed, graded, grouped, harmonized, heterogeneous,
hierarchic, in disagreement, inaccordant, incompatible,
incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, indexed, indiscriminate,
inharmonious, irreconcilable, linked, many, many and various,
marshaled, matched, methodized, mixed, motley, multifarious,
normalized, of all sorts, on file, ordered, orderly, organized,
picked, pigeonholed, placed, poles apart, poles asunder, preferred,
promiscuous, pyramidal, ranged, ranked, rated, regularized,
regulated, routinized, selected, separate, separated, several,
sorted, standardized, stratified, suited, sundry, synchronized,
systematized, tabular, unconformable, unequal, unlike, variant,
varied, variegated, various, varying, widely apart, worlds apart
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