Dictionary.com

assign

[ uh-sahyn ]
/ əˈsaɪn /
Save This Word!
See synonyms for: assign / assigned / assigning on Thesaurus.com

verb (used with object)
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.
QUIZ
CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?
There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?
Question 1 of 7
Which sentence is correct?

Origin of assign

1250–1300; Middle English assignen<Old French assigner<Latin assignāre.See as-, sign

synonym study for assign

1. Assign, allocate, allot mean to apportion or measure out. To assign is to distribute available things, designating them to be given to or reserved for specific persons or purposes: to assign duties. To allocate is to earmark or set aside parts of things available or expected in the future, each for a specific purpose: to allocate income to various types of expenses. To allot implies making restrictions as to amount, size, purpose, etc., and then apportioning or assigning: to allot spaces for parking.

OTHER WORDS FROM assign

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use assign in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for assign

assign
/ (əˈsaɪn) /

verb (mainly tr)
noun
law a person to whom property is assigned; assignee

Derived forms of assign

assignable, adjectiveassignability, nounassignably, adverbassigner, noun

Word Origin for assign

C14: from Old French assigner, from Latin assignāre, from signāre to mark out
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
FEEDBACK