consign
verb (used with object)
to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed byto ).
consigned
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past participleof consign.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof consign.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
consignverb (used with object)to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed byto ).
Example Sentences
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Motivations include saving money, giving items to charity and disgust at how often perfectly usable items are being consigned to waste - or a combination of all three.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Back then, the largest vehicles were consigned to the “hard to electrify” bucket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
“Yet here is this singular brilliance, consigned to a small span of years. He places the two side by side in the scales.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
When she was consigned to a sale in the summer of 2021, he bought her with Hidden Brook for $135,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
The lettuce was consigned to commission merchants in New York at a fine price.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
