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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
It is designed to listen to meetings with multiple participants and will parse discussion patterns to produce informative synopses and assign post-meeting action items.
Such randomized, double-blinded controlled trials randomly assign patients to receive a drug or a placebo, and don’t reveal to participants or doctors who is getting which.
That AI could pore over an astronaut’s symptoms and then recommend medical tests, make diagnoses and assign treatments.
So I rose beyond cleaning, to working as an operational dispatcher for cabin services in the American Airlines traffic control center, assign cleaning crews to each incoming aircraft.
Ideally, the Mars spaceship would be equipped with artificial intelligence that could consider an astronaut’s symptoms, recommend medical tests, make diagnoses and assign treatments.
Now the Kremlin will assign more loyal people to rule the region, mostly military leaders.
When we assign a primitive “not me” status to another individual or social group, it can—and does—take us down a destructive path.
Other folks can debate and assign blame for “who lost Iraq.”
Renee Richardson knows she'll likely never be able to assign blame for her son's death—she's done fighting for that.
Girls are directed through several pages of this until they are asked to assign the guy a series of pre-decided adjectives.
The designs of Russia have long been proverbial; but the exercise of the new art of printing may assign them new features.
With what honest pride did John Smith, the best farmer of them all, step to the fore and assign to each man his place!
If the lessee die, his executor or administrator can assign the remainder of his term.
As the lessee may assign or sublet unless forbidden, so may the lessor part with his interest in the leased premises.
If offered any dish of which you do not wish to partake, decline it, but do not assign any reason.
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