assorted Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb keep company with; hang out with
    assort; associate; affiliate; consort.
    • He associates with strange people
    • She affiliates with her colleagues
  2. verb arrange or order by classes or categories
    sort; separate; assort; sort out; class; classify.
    • How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
  3. adjective satellite consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
    mixed; motley; sundry; miscellaneous.
    • 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
  4. adjective satellite of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity
    various.
    • assorted sizes
    • his disguises are many and various
    • various experiments have failed to disprove the theory
    • cited various reasons for his behavior

WordNet


As*sort"ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Selected; culled.

Webster 1913