ASSORT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they assort ... he / she / it assorts

Past simple: assorted

Past participle: assorted

-ing form: assorting

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arrange or order by classes or categories

Example:

How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?

Synonyms:

assort; class; classify; separate; sort; sort out

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "assort" is one way to...):

categorise; categorize (place into or assign to a category)

"Assort" entails doing...:

compare (examine and note the similarities or differences of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "assort"):

unitise; unitize (separate or classify into units)

catalog; catalogue (make an itemized list or catalog of; classify)

isolate (separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them)

refer (think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another)

reclassify (classify anew, change the previous classification)

size (sort according to size)

dichotomise; dichotomize (divide into two opposing groups or kinds)

pigeonhole; stamp; stereotype (treat or classify according to a mental stereotype)

group (arrange into a group or groups)

grade (determine the grade of or assign a grade to)

count; number (put into a group)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

assortment (the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Keep company with; hang out with

Example:

She affiliates with her colleagues

Synonyms:

affiliate; associate; assort; consort

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "assort" is one way to...):

interact (act together or towards others or with others)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "assort"):

ally (become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage)

date; go out; go steady; see (date regularly; have a steady relationship with)

accompany; companion; company; keep company (be a companion to somebody)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP