English verb: assort | |||
| 1. | assort (social) keep company with; hang out with | ||
| Samples | He associates with strange people. She affiliates with her colleagues. | ||
| Synonyms | affiliate, associate, consort | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | interact | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | accompany, ally, companion, company, date, go out, go steady, keep company, see | ||
| 2. | assort (cognition) arrange or order by classes or categories | ||
| Samples | How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?. | ||
| Synonyms | class, classify, separate, sort, sort out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | categorise, categorize | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | catalog, catalogue, count, dichotomise, dichotomize, grade, group, isolate, number, pigeonhole, reclassify, refer, size, stamp, stereotype, unitise, unitize | ||
| Entail | compare | ||