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assignment
[ uh-sahyn-muhnt ]
noun
- something assigned, as a particular task or duty:
She completed the assignment and went on to other jobs.
Synonyms: job, obligation
- a position of responsibility, post of duty, or the like, to which one is appointed:
He left for his assignment in the Middle East.
Synonyms: job, obligation
- an act of assigning; appointment.
- Law.
- the transference of a right, interest, or title, or the instrument of transfer.
- a transference of property to assignees for the benefit of creditors.
assignment
/ əˈsaɪnmənt /
noun
- something that has been assigned, such as a mission or task
- a position or post to which a person is assigned
- the act of assigning or state of being assigned
- law
- the transfer to another of a right, interest, or title to property, esp personal property
assignment of a lease
- the document effecting such a transfer
- the right, interest, or property transferred
- law (formerly) the transfer, esp by an insolvent debtor, of property in trust for the benefit of his creditors
- logic a function that associates specific values with each variable in a formal expression
- history a system (1789–1841) whereby a convict could become the unpaid servant of a freeman
Other Words From
- misas·signment noun
- nonas·signment noun
- reas·signment noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of assignment1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
No matter who Scotland got in the draw, it was going to be a tough assignment.
So one of her assignments was to tell her dates straight away that she had a doctorate.
Enter Daniel Craig, 56, our erstwhile James Bond on a bold new assignment.
This, she and advocates argued, would allow inmates to refuse a work assignment, choose their schedule, and have more time for rehabilitation, including therapy and schooling.
Some workers have said in lawsuits and civil rights complaints that they were terminated or stopped receiving assignments after suffering an injury or reporting other health concerns.
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