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Definition of assign
(Entry 1 of 2)
transitive verb
Definition of assign (Entry 2 of 2)
- intrust
ascribe , attribute , assign , impute , credit mean to lay something to the account of a person or thing.
ascribe suggests an inferring or conjecturing of cause, quality, authorship.
attribute suggests less tentativeness than ascribe , less definiteness than assign .
assign implies ascribing with certainty or after deliberation.
impute suggests ascribing something that brings discredit by way of accusation or blame.
credit implies ascribing a thing or especially an action to a person or other thing as its agent, source, or explanation.
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Word History
Verb and Noun
Middle English, from Anglo-French assigner , from Latin assignare , from ad- + signare to mark, from signum mark, sign
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing assign
- pre - assign
Dictionary Entries Near assign
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“Assign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assign. Accessed 3 Mar. 2023.
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- the transference of a right, interest, or title, or the instrument of transfer.
- a transference of property to assignees for the benefit of creditors.
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Yariel Valdés González and I faced these challenges while on assignment in South Florida and the Deep South from July 21-Aug.
They’re putting time into decoration just as they would in their physical classroom, and students can interact with the space by, say, clicking on a bookshelf to get a reading assignment .
For now, if the district moves to in-person learning, instruction in Carlsbad will take place on campus five days per week and students may engage in additional independent practices and other assignment s at home.
The assignment s must also respect the relationships between the elements in the group.
It’s very hard, by the way, to do real random assignment studies of couples therapy.
His most recent assignment was the 84th Precinct, at the Brooklyn end of the Brooklyn Bridge.
When Lewis was shipped off to Vietnam, his son was just three months old, and the timing of the assignment worried Lewis.
When Vial got that first assignment , she was just beginning her photography career, and Cirque du Soleil was only a few years old.
“For our winter issue, we gave ourselves one assignment : Break The Internet,” wrote Paper.
By the 1950s the rapid assignment of gender to an ambiguously gendered infant had become standard.
Consent to an assignment may be given by the president of the company, without formal vote by the directors.
A transfer by the lessee of the whole or a part of his interest for a part of the time is a sublease and not an assignment .
An assignment to one who has an insurable interest as relative, creditor and the like, is always valid.
When an assignment of it is made, the assignee may sue in his own name for rent accruing after the assignment .
In some states statutes forbid the assignment of such policies for the benefit of creditors.
British Dictionary definitions for assignment
- the transfer to another of a right, interest, or title to property, esp personal property assignment of a lease
- the document effecting such a transfer
- the right, interest, or property transferred
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- It was a jammy assignment - more of a holiday really.
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- She first visited Norway on assignment for the winter Olympics ten years ago.
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- act as something
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) idiom
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assignment noun as· sign· ment 1 : the act of assigning 2 a : a position, post, or office to which one is assigned b : a task assigned 3 : a present transfer of property or rights — …
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assign verb as· sign ə-ˈsīn 1 : to give (as a title or right) to someone legally 2 : to pick for a specific use or job assigned them to work in the kitchen 3 : to give out as a portion or task …
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 property assignment of a lease the document effecting such a transfer
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assignment noun uk / əˈsaɪnmənt / us [ C ] a task or a piece of work that is given to someone to do, often for a limited period of time: a six-month assignment Solving the …
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