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Definition of assort in English: assortverb əˈsɔːtəˈsɔrt 1Genetics
no object (of genes or characteristics) become distributed among cells or progeny. 〔遗传〕（基因或特征在细胞或后代中）分配，配倒 banding on the shell assorts independently of colour the chromosomes of the father and the mother assort into 23 pairs Example sentencesExamples - All eye-color mutations tested assorted independently of the dimorphisms.
- If these genes were to assort independently, eight susceptible plants should have been identified.
- Consequently, linked blocks of genes are inherited intact in the form of whole chromosomes from fathers, while loci on chromosomes from mothers assort randomly.
- We have previously reported the existence of loci that assort together and hypothesized that these loci reside on the same macronuclear piece.
- The extent to which alleles assort randomly on chromosomes depends on the recombination rate, as well as on the demographic history of the species and on the selective pressures exercised on the genomic region.
Synonyms diversify, variegate, bring variety to, mix, enlarge, expand, widen, broaden, increase, proliferate, extend 2archaic with object Place in a group; classify. 〈古〉把…归为一类；分类 he would assort it with the fabulous dogs as a monstrous invention 他会把它当作一种可怕的发明与传说中的狗归为一类。 Example sentencesExamples - You will be assorted into four teams, or rather, have already been assorted into four teams.
- All the transcribed interviews were assorted into thematic units, each corresponding to a set of data obtained from interviewees.
- Assort them into five groups: failures, poor, medium, good, and excellent.
- The designer told her to go through all the magazines and tear out the projects and articles she was interested in, then she had to assort them into categories.
- The deposits here are assorted into several grades of gravel for building, paving, and ballast purposes.
Synonyms categorize, class, group, put into sets, grade, rank, rate, order, organize, range, sort, type, codify, bracket, systematize, systemize, stratify, catalogue, tabulate, list, file, index
OriginLate 15th century: from Old French assorter, from a- (from Latin ad 'to, at') + sorte 'sort, kind'. Rhymesabort, apport, athwart, aught, besought, bethought, bort, bought, brought, caught, cavort, comport, consort, contort, Cort, court, distraught, escort, exhort, export, extort, fort, fought, fraught, import, methought, misreport, mort, naught, nought, Oort, ought, outfought, port, Porte, purport, quart, rort, short, snort, sort, sought, sport, support, swart, taught, taut, thought, thwart, tort, transport, wart, wrought Definition of assort in US English: assortverbəˈsôrtəˈsɔrt 1Genetics
no object (of genes or characters) become distributed among cells or progeny. 〔遗传〕（基因或特征在细胞或后代中）分配，配倒 Example sentencesExamples - All eye-color mutations tested assorted independently of the dimorphisms.
- We have previously reported the existence of loci that assort together and hypothesized that these loci reside on the same macronuclear piece.
- The extent to which alleles assort randomly on chromosomes depends on the recombination rate, as well as on the demographic history of the species and on the selective pressures exercised on the genomic region.
- If these genes were to assort independently, eight susceptible plants should have been identified.
- Consequently, linked blocks of genes are inherited intact in the form of whole chromosomes from fathers, while loci on chromosomes from mothers assort randomly.
Synonyms diversify, variegate, bring variety to, mix, enlarge, expand, widen, broaden, increase, proliferate, extend 2archaic with object Place in a group; classify. 〈古〉把…归为一类；分类 he would assort it with the fabulous dogs as a monstrous invention 他会把它当作一种可怕的发明与传说中的狗归为一类。 Example sentencesExamples - The designer told her to go through all the magazines and tear out the projects and articles she was interested in, then she had to assort them into categories.
- All the transcribed interviews were assorted into thematic units, each corresponding to a set of data obtained from interviewees.
- The deposits here are assorted into several grades of gravel for building, paving, and ballast purposes.
- You will be assorted into four teams, or rather, have already been assorted into four teams.
- Assort them into five groups: failures, poor, medium, good, and excellent.
Synonyms categorize, class, group, put into sets, grade, rank, rate, order, organize, range, sort, type, codify, bracket, systematize, systemize, stratify, catalogue, tabulate, list, file, index
OriginLate 15th century: from Old French assorter, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + sorte ‘sort, kind’. |