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ADJECTIVE (2)

1. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds;
- Example: "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"
- Example: "assorted sizes"
- Example: "miscellaneous accessories"
- Example: "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"
- Example: "a motley crew"
- Example: "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;
- Example: "assorted sizes"
- Example: "his disguises are many and various"
- Example: "various experiments have failed to disprove the theory"
- Example: "cited various reasons for his behavior"
[syn: assorted, various]


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.] [1913 Webster] They appear . . . no ways assorted to those with whom they must associate. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods; as, to assort a cargo. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Assorted \As*sort"ed\ ([a^]s*s[^o]rt"[e^]d), a. Selected; culled. [1913 Webster]
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]