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.

SYNONYMS 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

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Example sentences from the Web for assignment

When the assignment for Sunday came in early November, Talib started preparing by watching one of each team’s last three games, every day.
Inside Aqib Talib’s ‘raw’ but ‘real’ NFL announcing debut|Les Carpenter|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
As long she got the assignments done for her subjects by a set time, “you can approach them any way you want,” I told her.
Distance learning was a disaster. So I decided to teach my daughter myself.|Tracey Lewis-Giggetts|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
The assignment involved matching simple words to illustrations.
Distance learning is straining parent-teacher relationships|Ashley Fetters|November 12, 2020|Washington Post
A year later, Cole nearly lost the seat when she yanked committee assignments from Republicans who had voted for her a year earlier.
The Next Race for Political Power in San Diego Is Already Here|Andrew Keatts|November 10, 2020|Voice of San Diego

Teachers will post assignments, quizzes and activities online as they deliver them to in-person learners, meaning all children can work at the same pace.
Fauquier County Public Schools returns majority of students to classrooms|Hannah Natanson|November 9, 2020|Washington Post
Though this might easily have been grounds for dismissal or reassignment, nothing of the sort happened.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor|S. C. Gwynne|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hoover mulled it over and wrote back canceling his reassignment.
J. Edgar Hoover Unmasked|Sandra McElwaine|November 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Any infraction of the rules could bring demotion or reassignment to another city, which proved tough on families and very costly.
J. Edgar Hoover Unmasked|Sandra McElwaine|November 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Reassignment to a distant station is of course a day-to-day possibility in the life of any military officer.
The Armed Forces Officer|U. S. Department of Defense
Further delay, he predicted, would cause confusion in reassignment of some 4,000 troops.
Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965|Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.
No doubt they'd made their last report to Taber and had headed back to Washington for reassignment.
Ten From Infinity|Paul W. Fairman
We have journeyed together for two whole terms; there is only one more between you and reassignment.
The Varmint|Owen Johnson
Then he shoved the magazine into his pocket and trudged on toward the veteran's reassignment headquarters.
Victory|Lester del Rey

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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