consign
to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed by to).
to transfer to another's custody or charge; entrust.
to set apart for or devote to (a special purpose or use): to consign two afternoons a week to the club.
to banish or set apart in one's mind; relegate: to consign unpleasant thoughts to oblivion.
Commerce.
to ship, as by common carrier, especially for sale or custody.
to address for such shipment.
Obsolete. to confirm or ratify, as with a seal or other token.
to agree or assent.
Obsolete. to yield or submit.
Origin of consign
1Other words for consign
Other words from consign
- con·sign·a·ble, adjective
- con·sig·na·tion [kon-sig-ney-shuhn], /ˌkɒn sɪgˈneɪ ʃən/, noun
- pre·con·sign, verb (used with object)
- re·con·sign, verb (used with object)
- un·con·sign·a·ble, adjective
- un·con·signed, adjective
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How to use consign in a sentence
Many of the museum’s most prized holdings were consigned to storage.
Irina Antonova, grande dame of Russian cultural life, dies at 98 | Emily Langer | December 4, 2020 | Washington PostIt’s not the first time Nokia’s marketers have taken on more of the work usually consigned to agencies.
‘Find operational efficiencies’: Nokia’s handset marketers adopt hybrid model in pursuit of smartphone marketshare | Seb Joseph | December 3, 2020 | DigidayIn an ideal world, his small business would run out of customers and be consigned to history.
However, given Google’s existence, that model will probably consign Neeva to permanent niche-player status.
Does the Google antitrust case make an Apple search engine more likely? | Greg Sterling | October 28, 2020 | Search Engine LandSome of the more than 2,000 items will be consigned by The RealReal’s customers, but Gucci is supplying products as well.
Luxury labels like Gucci are taking notice of the booming secondhand market | Marc Bain | October 5, 2020 | Quartz
With a voice thick with tears, Collins told Fajuri he had stopped performing in 2000 and it was time to consign the piece.
That may be because it is the only state in the union which allows a simple 7-5 verdict by a jury to consign someone to death.
Florida Drags Down U.S. on Amnesty International’s Global Death Penalty Report | Nico Hines | March 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer fourth born child, Brian, was diagnosed with nonverbal autism, but she refused to consign him to an institution.
Remembering Ma Laureys, the Mother of 10 Christie Slandered to Win His First Election | Michael Daly | January 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFord may have been seeking a place in heaven, the Journal warned, but this action would more likely consign him to hell.
Henry Ford Understood That Raising Wages Would Bring Him More Profit | Daniel Gross | January 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd why would she consign herself to lame-duck status, even if two years from now that might be her intention?
Nancy Pelosi Decides to Stay as Democratic Leader, Maps Out Women’s Future | Eleanor Clift | November 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTA gentleman does not call his opponents vipers and consign them to hell, but Jahveh is not under any such obligations.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayYou will not consign him to the spot to which the attorney-general invites you to surrender him.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanThis is the fate to which emancipation would consign the Negro.
The Right of American Slavery | True Worthy HoitIn this way does a lazy world consign discussion to silence with the cynical closure.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete | George MeredithThe sudden change from the lowest depths of woe to a state of ecstacy, would consign him to the tenement you have just quitted.
The Portland Sketch Book | Various
British Dictionary definitions for consign
/ (kənˈsaɪn) /
to hand over or give into the care or charge of another; entrust
to commit irrevocably: he consigned the papers to the flames
to commit for admittance: to consign someone to jail
to address or deliver (goods) for sale, disposal, etc: it was consigned to his London address
(intr) obsolete to assent; agree
Origin of consign
1Derived forms of consign
- consignable, adjective
- consignation, noun
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