assortative

əˈsɔːrtətɪv

Definition

Definition of assortative - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

association

TECH.

tending to associate with similar individuals

TECH.

The community showed assortative behavior in social gatherings.

discriminative

preferential

selective

matching

TECH.

grouping similar things together

TECH.

The assortative process grouped red apples with red apples.

categorizing

grouping

matching

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assortative mating

selection of partners with common characteristics

In assortative mating, partners often share similar interests.

Origin of assortative

Latin, assortare (to assort)

Examples of assortative in a sentence

The study focused on assortative patterns in human friendships.
The assortative arrangement of books made them easy to find.

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French:assortatif, associatif, ...
German:assortativ, gruppierend, ...
Italian:assortativo, ...
Spanish:asortativo, agrupador, ...
Portuguese:gregário, assortativo, ...
Chinese:相似交往的, 配对的, ...
Japanese:同類志向の, 同類の, ...
Arabic:انتقائي, تَجْمِيعِيّ, ...
Hebrew:אָסוֹרְטָטִיבִי, מְקַבֵּץ, ...
Russian:ассоциативный, группировочный, ...
Ukrainian:асортативний, ...
Hindi:संबंधित, मिलान, ...
Bengali:সমজাতীয়, মিলযোগ্য, ...
Catalan:assortatiu, agrupatiu, ...
Czech:assortativní, asortativní, ...
Danish:assortativ, assorterende, ...
Dutch:assortatief, groeperend, ...
Greek:ομοιοπαθητικός, ταξινομικός, ...
Hungarian:asszortatív, szelektív, ...
Khmer:មានទំនោរទាក់ទងជាមួយបុគ្គលស្រដៀងគ្នា, ផ្គូផ្គងតាមភាពស្រដៀងគ្នា, ...
Korean:유유상종의, 유사한, ...
Persian:هم‌گرا, همگون‌سازی, ...
Polish:asortatywny, dopasowujący, ...
Portuguese (BR):assortativo, ...
Romanian:asortativ, ...
Swedish:assortativ, grupperande, ...
Thai:การเชื่อมโยงกับบุคคลที่คล้ายกัน, จัดกลุ่มคล้ายกัน, ...
Turkish:benzerci, eşleştirici, ...
Vietnamese:liên kết, phù hợp, ...

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