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the act of ; distribution; cl-ssification.
a collection of various kinds of things; a mixed collection.
contemporary examples

the result is an -ssortment of cheerful and vibrant suits that feel simultaneously young and style-conscious.
model robyn lawley debuts plus-size bathing-suit line isabel wilkinson july 15, 2013

then, that very same week, she got into a car accident on a snowy road and was left with an -ssortment of broken bones.
moving in with mom, dad and g-d marisa meltzer october 26, 2009

less than a month earlier, there was a planned “gathering of dissidents” featuring an -ssortment of n-z–envy characters.
fascism is fashionable again in europe thane rosenbaum june 7, 2014

the old picture of a hustler is a wizened guy, standing on a street corner selling some -ssortment of unsavory goods.
the new american hustler the daily beast january 11, 2009

for better than a year now, the self-declared leader of “21st century socialism” has been battling an -ssortment of demons.
hugo chávez wins reelection and looks to the future mac margolis october 13, 2012

historical examples

especially if you pick up an -ssortment of expletives in the sicilian vernacular.
the t-tle market emily post

we have a shop close by, where you will find an -ssortment of all the articles that are most in request.
the three cities trilogy, complete emile zola

cutter began tumbling out upon the floor an -ssortment of clothing, evincing little respect for the mexican’s finery.
the bells of san juan jackson gregory

the shopwoman displayed her -ssortment of cotillion objects.
a nest of spies pierre souvestre

a comb-maker, however, well provided in tools, has an -ssortment of double saws set at every ordinary width.
a dictionary of arts, manufactures and mines andrew ure

noun
a collection or group of various things or sorts
the act of -ssorting
n.

1610s, “action of -ssorting,” from -ssort + -ment. sense of “group of things of the same sort” is attested from 1759; that of “group of things whether the same sort or not” from 1791.

-ssortment as·sort·ment (ə-sôrt’mənt)
n.
the relationship between non-allelic genetic traits that are transmitted from parent to child independently and according to the degree of linkage between the respective loci.