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Definition of assortment noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

assortment

noun
 
/əˈsɔːtmənt/
 
/əˈsɔːrtmənt/
[usually singular]
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  1. a collection of different things or of different types of the same thing synonym mixture
    • a wide assortment of gifts to choose from
    • He was dressed in an odd assortment of clothes.
    • an assortment of plates of varying sizes
    Extra Examples
    • a mixed assortment of sweets
    • an assortment of nuts
    • a motley assortment of characters
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • large
    • rich
    • vast
    preposition
    • assortment of
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