assort

An archaic verb meaning to sort, classify, or arrange into groups or categories; also used to mean to associate or keep company with.

• 🇫🇷Verbe vieilli signifiant trier, classer ou répartir en groupes ou catégories ; également employé au sens de fréquenter ou de tenir compagnie.

1. Keep company with C1 formal

   To associate or spend time with a particular group of people.

   • He tends to assort with artists and musicians.
   • She assorted with the intellectuals of her time.
   • They assorted with the local community leaders.

   🇫🇷Fréquenter, hanter

2. Arrange by categories C1 formal

   To sort or classify items into groups based on type or quality.

   • The librarian assorted the books by genre.
   • We need to assort these documents by date.
   • The machine assorts the products by size and color.

   🇫🇷classer par catégories

   Synonymes: arrangecategorizeclassifygradegroupsort

   Antonymes: disarrangedisorderjumblemixscatter

• assorted past participle
• assorted past simple
• assorting present participle
• assorts third person singular