assignment

[ uh-sahyn-muhnt ]

/ əˈsaɪn mənt /

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noun

something assigned, as a particular task or duty: She completed the assignment and went on to other jobs.

a position of responsibility, post of duty, or the like, to which one is appointed: He left for his assignment in the Middle East.

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.

OTHER WORDS FOR assignment

1, 2 obligation, job.

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Origin of assignment

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English assignament, from Medieval Latin assignāmentum. See assign, -ment

synonym study for assignment

1. See task.

OTHER WORDS FROM assignment

mis·as·sign·ment, nounnon·as·sign·ment, nounre·as·sign·ment, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH assignment

assignment , assignation

Words nearby assignment

assignation, assigned counsel, assigned risk, assigned sex, assignee, assignment, assignor, assimilable, assimilate, assimilation, assimilationism

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How to use assignment in a sentence

Yariel Valdés González and I faced these challenges while on assignment in South Florida and the Deep South from July 21-Aug.
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They’re putting time into decoration just as they would in their physical classroom, and students can interact with the space by, say, clicking on a bookshelf to get a reading assignment.
Is School Out Forever?|Daniel Malloy|August 9, 2020|Ozy
For now, if the district moves to in-person learning, instruction in Carlsbad will take place on campus five days per week and students may engage in additional independent practices and other assignments at home.
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The assignments must also respect the relationships between the elements in the group.
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It’s very hard, by the way, to do real random assignment studies of couples therapy.
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His most recent assignment was the 84th Precinct, at the Brooklyn end of the Brooklyn Bridge.
In The Shadow of Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When Lewis was shipped off to Vietnam, his son was just three months old, and the timing of the assignment worried Lewis.
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When Vial got that first assignment, she was just beginning her photography career, and Cirque du Soleil was only a few years old.
A Backstage Love Affair With Cirque du Soleil|Allison McNearney|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“For our winter issue, we gave ourselves one assignment: Break The Internet,” wrote Paper.
Kim Kardashian Bares Her Shiny, Bounteous Butt, Breaks the Internet|Marlow Stern|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By the 1950s the rapid assignment of gender to an ambiguously gendered infant had become standard.
Intersexuality and God Through the Ages|Candida Moss|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Consent to an assignment may be given by the president of the company, without formal vote by the directors.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
A transfer by the lessee of the whole or a part of his interest for a part of the time is a sublease and not an assignment.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
An assignment to one who has an insurable interest as relative, creditor and the like, is always valid.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
When an assignment of it is made, the assignee may sue in his own name for rent accruing after the assignment.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
In some states statutes forbid the assignment of such policies for the benefit of creditors.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles

British Dictionary definitions for assignment

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 propertyassignment 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

Australian history a system (1789–1841) whereby a convict could become the unpaid servant of a freeman

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assignment

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Origin of assignment

synonym study for assignment

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