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assorted adjective [ əˈsɔːtɪd ]

• of various sorts put together; miscellaneous.
• "bowls in assorted colours"
Similar: mixed, varied, variegated, varying, various, miscellaneous, diverse, diversified, eclectic, manifold, multifarious, multitudinous, motley, sundry, heterogeneous, disparate, different, differing, dissimilar, divers, farraginous,
Opposite: similar, identical,

assort verb

• (of genes or characteristics) become distributed among cells or progeny.
• "banding on the shell assorts independently of colour"
• place in a group; classify.
• "he would assort it with the fabulous dogs as a monstrous invention"
Origin: late 15th century: from Old French assorter, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + sorte ‘sort, kind’.


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