consign
verb (used with object)
to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed byto ).
will consign
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future tenseof consign.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Anything short of that will consign future generations to untold suffering, the European Union’s top climate official, Frans Timmermans, told delegates in the waning hours of the summit.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2021
After reading Sasakawa’s powerful account, I am confident that we will consign leprosy to history.
From Nature ● Mar. 3, 2019
But if you’re filled with dread over the certainty that marrying your boyfriend will consign you to forever dreading when the bills come, this will tarnish your perception of his sterling qualities.
From Slate ● May 30, 2013
Until the Mets find a way to build, or buy, a better lineup, they will consign their young ace to weeks like the one Harvey just had: 16 innings, 2 runs, no decisions.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2013
Every one should keep a mental waste-paper basket and the older he grows the more things he will consign to it - torn up to irrecoverable tatters.
From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler
