Dictionary entry details
• ASSORT (verb)
Meaning:
Keep company with; hang out with
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
assort; consort; affiliate; associate
Context examples:
He associates with strange people / She affiliates with her colleagues
Hypernyms (to "assort" is one way to...):
interact (act together or towards others or with others)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "assort"):
ally (become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage)
date; go out; go steady; see (date regularly; have a steady relationship with)
accompany; companion; company; keep company (be a companion to somebody)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Arrange or order by classes or categories
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
sort out; class; classify; assort; sort; separate
Context example:
How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
Hypernyms (to "assort" is one way to...):
categorise; categorize (place into or assign to a category)
"Assort" entails doing...:
compare (examine and note the similarities or differences of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "assort"):
unitise; unitize (separate or classify into units)
count; number (put into a group)
grade (determine the grade of or assign a grade to)
group (arrange into a group or groups)
pigeonhole; stamp; stereotype (treat or classify according to a mental stereotype)
dichotomise; dichotomize (divide into two opposing groups or kinds)
size (sort according to size)
reclassify (classify anew, change the previous classification)
refer (think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another)
isolate (separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them)
catalog; catalogue (make an itemized list or catalog of; classify)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
