assort

as·sort

A0477800 (ə-sôrt′)v. as·sort·ed, as·sort·ing, as·sorts v.tr.1. To separate into groups according to kind; classify.2. To supply with (an appropriate variety or assortment, as of goods).v.intr.1. To agree in kind; fall into the same class.2. To associate with others; keep company.

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[Middle English assorte, from Old French assorter : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + sorte, kind (from Latin sors, sort-, chance, lot; see ser- in Indo-European roots).]

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as·sor′ta·tive (ə-sôr′tə-tĭv) adj.as·sort′er n.

assort

(əˈsɔːt) vb1. (tr) to arrange or distribute into groups of the same type; classify2. (usually foll by: with) to fit or fall into a class or group; match3. (tr) to supply with an assortment of merchandise4. (tr) to put in the same category as others; group5. rare (usually foll by: with) to keep company; consort[C15: from Old French assorter, from sorte sort] asˈsortative, asˈsortive adj asˈsortatively adv asˈsorter n

as•sort

(əˈsɔrt)

v.t. 1. to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify. 2. to furnish with a suitable assortment or variety of goods. v.i. 3. to agree in sort or kind; be matched or suited. 4. to associate; consort. [1480–90; < Middle French assorter. See as-, sort] as•sort′a•tive, adj. as•sort′a•tive•ly, adv. as•sort′er, n.

assort

Past participle: assorted
Gerund: assorting

Imperative
assort
assort

Present
I assort
you assort
he/she/it assorts
we assort
you assort
they assort

Preterite
I assorted
you assorted
he/she/it assorted
we assorted
you assorted
they assorted

Present Continuous
I am assorting
you are assorting
he/she/it is assorting
we are assorting
you are assorting
they are assorting

Present Perfect
I have assorted
you have assorted
he/she/it has assorted
we have assorted
you have assorted
they have assorted

Past Continuous
I was assorting
you were assorting
he/she/it was assorting
we were assorting
you were assorting
they were assorting

Past Perfect
I had assorted
you had assorted
he/she/it had assorted
we had assorted
you had assorted
they had assorted

Future
I will assort
you will assort
he/she/it will assort
we will assort
you will assort
they will assort

Future Perfect
I will have assorted
you will have assorted
he/she/it will have assorted
we will have assorted
you will have assorted
they will have assorted

Future Continuous
I will be assorting
you will be assorting
he/she/it will be assorting
we will be assorting
you will be assorting
they will be assorting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been assorting
you have been assorting
he/she/it has been assorting
we have been assorting
you have been assorting
they have been assorting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been assorting
you will have been assorting
he/she/it will have been assorting
we will have been assorting
you will have been assorting
they will have been assorting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been assorting
you had been assorting
he/she/it had been assorting
we had been assorting
you had been assorting
they had been assorting

Conditional
I would assort
you would assort
he/she/it would assort
we would assort
you would assort
they would assort

Past Conditional
I would have assorted
you would have assorted
he/she/it would have assorted
we would have assorted
you would have assorted
they would have assorted

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	assort - keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"affiliate, consort, associateinteract - act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues"ally - become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage; "He allied himself with the Communists"go steady, date, go out, see - date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!"companion, company, keep company, accompany - be a companion to somebody
	2.	assort - arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"class, classify, sort out, sort, separateunitise, unitize - separate or classify into units; "The hospital was unitized for efficiency"catalogue, catalog - make an itemized list or catalog of; classify; "He is cataloguing his photographic negatives"isolate - separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to themrefer - think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another; "This plant can be referred to a known species"reclassify - classify anew, change the previous classification; "The zoologists had to reclassify the mollusks after they found new species"size - sort according to sizedichotomise, dichotomize - divide into two opposing groups or kindsstereotype, pigeonhole, stamp - treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"group - arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes together?"categorise, categorize - place into or assign to a category; "Children learn early on to categorize"grade - determine the grade of or assign a grade tonumber, count - put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"

assort

verbTo distribute into groups according to kinds:categorize, class, classify, group, pigeonhole, separate, sort (out).

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