Word

assortment, n.
(assortments)
freq. cnt. 1

a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 26 freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

assortment miscellanea miscellany mixed bag mixture motley potpourri salmagundi smorgasbord variety

sample sentences

"a great assortment of cars was on display"
"he had a variety of disorders"
"a veritable smorgasbord of religions"

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derivationally related form

mix

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motley motley

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hypernym

collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage

hyponym

grab bag witches' brew, witches' broth, witch's brew range selection odds and ends, hodgepodge, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash, mingle-mangle, hotchpotch, gallimaufry, omnium-gatherum alphabet soup sampler

the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 8

assortment categorisation categorization classification compartmentalisation compartmentalization

lexical pointers

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classify classify

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categorize

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compartmentalize

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compartmentalise