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assign
[ uh-sahyn ]
verb (used with object)
- to give or allocate; allot:
to assign rooms at a hotel.
- to give out or announce as a task:
to assign homework.
- to appoint, as to a post or duty:
to assign one to guard duty.
- to designate; name; specify:
to assign a day for a meeting.
- to ascribe; attribute; bring forward:
to assign a cause.
- Law. to transfer:
to assign a contract.
- Military. to place permanently on duty with a unit or under a commander.
verb (used without object)
- Law. to transfer property, especially in trust or for the benefit of creditors.
noun
- Usually assigns. Law. a person to whom the property or interest of another is or may be transferred; assignee:
my heirs and assigns.
assign
/ əˈsaɪn /
verb
- to select for and appoint to a post, etc
to assign an expert to the job
- to give out or allot (a task, problem, etc)
to assign advertising to an expert
- to set apart (a place, person, time, etc) for a particular function or event
to assign a day for the meeting
- to attribute to a specified cause, origin, or source; ascribe
to assign a stone cross to the Vikings
- to transfer (one's right, interest, or title to property) to someone else
- also intr law (formerly) to transfer (property) to trustees so that it may be used for the benefit of creditors
- military to allocate (men or materials) on a permanent basis Compare attach
- computing to place (a value corresponding to a variable) in a memory location
noun
- law a person to whom property is assigned; assignee
Derived Forms
- asˈsigner, noun
- asˈsignably, adverb
- asˌsignaˈbility, noun
- asˈsignable, adjective
Other Words From
- as·signer Chiefly Law. as·sign·or [uh, -sahy-, nawr, as-, uh, -, nawr], noun
- misas·sign verb
- nonas·signed adjective
- preas·sign verb (used with object)
- preas·signed adjective
- reas·sign verb (used with object)
- self-as·signed adjective
- unas·signed adjective
- well-as·signed adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of assign1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
On Tuesday night, Trump announced that he was assigning Musk to work with tech entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy in a "department of government efficiency" tasked with identifying new budget cuts.
But good luck keeping straight the roles assigned to Gabby Beans, who’s called upon to play Mercutio, the Friar and the Prince.
The way they get power is to keep millions of people spun up on outrageous lies about Haitians, trans people, Taylor Swift or whoever gets assigned the Bogeyman of the Day.
On election day, each voter can turn up to their assigned polling station with their voter’s ID card, where they will have their fingerprints electronically checked and are then issued with the two ballot papers.
She was then assigned to a farm, where she was paid 32 shillings a week.
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