assign
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.
Law. to transfer property, especially in trust or for the benefit of creditors.
Usually assigns. Law. a person to whom the property or interest of another is or may be transferred; assignee: my heirs and assigns.
Origin of assign
1synonym study For assign
Other words for assign
Other words from assign
- as·sign·er; Chiefly Law. as·sign·or [uh-sahy-nawr, as-uh-nawr], /ə saɪˈnɔr, ˌæs əˈnɔr/, noun
- mis·as·sign, verb
- non·as·signed, adjective
- pre·as·sign, verb (used with object)
- pre·as·signed, adjective
- re·as·sign, verb (used with object)
- self-as·signed, adjective
- un·as·signed, adjective
- well-as·signed, adjective
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How to use assign in a sentence
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.
In pursuit of pragmatic solutions to pervasive problems | Francesca Fanshawe | March 31, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewSuch 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.
The arthritis drug tocilizumab doesn’t appear to help fight COVID-19 | Aimee Cunningham | October 23, 2020 | Science NewsThat AI could pore over an astronaut’s symptoms and then recommend medical tests, make diagnoses and assign treatments.
Surviving Mars missions will take planning and lots of innovation | Maria Temming | October 22, 2020 | Science News For StudentsSo 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.
What I learned from 5 years of cleaning airplanes in the middle of the night | matthewheimer | August 30, 2020 | FortuneIdeally, the Mars spaceship would be equipped with artificial intelligence that could consider an astronaut’s symptoms, recommend medical tests, make diagnoses and assign treatments.
What will astronauts need to survive the dangerous journey to Mars? | Maria Temming | July 15, 2020 | Science News
Now the Kremlin will assign more loyal people to rule the region, mostly military leaders.
Recession? Devaluation? Inflation? Putin Tells Russia Stay the Course. | Anna Nemtsova | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen 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.
What Military Base Shootings Reveal About the Mental Health Debate | Caitlin Dickson | February 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGirls are directed through several pages of this until they are asked to assign the guy a series of pre-decided adjectives.
Meet Lulu: An App That Lets Girls Rate Guys Anonymously | Isabel Wilkinson | August 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 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!
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondIf the lessee die, his executor or administrator can assign the remainder of his term.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesAs the lessee may assign or sublet unless forbidden, so may the lessor part with his interest in the leased premises.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesIf offered any dish of which you do not wish to partake, decline it, but do not assign any reason.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence Hartley
British Dictionary definitions for assign
/ (əˈsaɪn) /
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 (def. 6)
computing to place (a value corresponding to a variable) in a memory location
law a person to whom property is assigned; assignee
Origin of assign
1Derived forms of assign
- assignable, adjective
- assignability, noun
- assignably, adverb
- assigner, noun
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