assign
verb (used with object)
to give or allocate; allot.
self-assigned
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a word derived from
assign.
Example Sentences
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Entry-level candidates who take the initiative with self-assigned tasks and projects, Pryor says, “immediately read as much older.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
He takes his time absorbing every seemingly inconsequential detail as he becomes attached to the personalities of eccentrics on their self-assigned quests to accomplish unlikely goals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
UW’s self-assigned motto this season is “No Limits,” and that’s starting to feel more like a fact than an aspiration.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2022
His real purpose was to save America's soul, a self-assigned mission that was either wildly presumptuous or deeply prophetic.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2021
We didn’t have much time to hang out these days, not with the ferocious pace I’d set and the breadth of my self-assigned duties: moodiness, anxiety for the safety of every person, insomnia...
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
