What is the meaning of assortment?

noun

• A collection containing a variety of sorts of things.
  • usage: "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"
  • synonyms: mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley
• The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type.
  • synonyms: categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation