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Assort (Verb)

Meaning 1

Keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Examples

  • The company will assort with several top brands to launch the new product line at the event.
  • She began to assort with people outside of her social circle when she transferred to a new school.
  • It's not good for your reputation to assort with people who engage in such shady dealings.
  • The politician's enemies criticized him for choosing to assort with wealthy donors instead of ordinary citizens.
  • After a bad experience, she vowed to be more cautious about who she chose to assort with online.

Synonyms

  • Affiliate
  • Consort
  • Associate

Hypernyms

  • Interact

Hyponyms

  • Go Steady
  • Date
  • Go Out
  • Company
  • Accompany
  • Ally
  • Companion

Meaning 2

Arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?".

Classification

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.

Examples

  • The archaeologists carefully assort the artifacts from the excavation site before shipping them to the museum for further analysis.
  • To better understand the species, the biologist began to assort the specimens into distinct categories based on their characteristics.
  • In order to create a comprehensive database, the researcher tried to assort all the research data into different categories and subcategories.
  • She took the time to assort each painting into different styles before creating a timeline of the artist's progression.
  • The historian worked tirelessly to assort the documents and records from the past century into chronological order.

Synonyms

  • Class
  • Classify
  • Separate
  • Sort Out
  • Sort

Hypernyms

  • Categorise
  • Categorize

Hyponyms

  • Reclassify
  • Size
  • Pigeonhole
  • Isolate
  • Unitize
  • Group
  • Unitise
  • Refer
  • Stamp
  • Dichotomise
  • Dichotomize
  • Catalog
  • Catalogue
  • Count
  • Grade
  • Number
  • Stereotype

Related Words

  • Assortment (noun)
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