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Word: Assort
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 15th century: from Old French assorter, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + sorte ‘sort, kind’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈsɔːt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of genes or characteristics) become distributed among cells or progeny
Short Definition:(of genes or characteristics) become distributed among cells or progeny
Examples:- banding on the shell assorts independently of colour
- the chromosomes of the father and the mother assort into 23 pairs
Definition:
place in a group; classify
Short Definition:place in group
Examples:- he would assort it with the fabulous dogs as a monstrous invention
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