assign

as·sign

 (ə-sīn′)

tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs

1. To select for a duty or office; appoint: firefighters assigned to the city's industrial park. See Synonyms at appoint.

2. To set apart for a particular purpose or place in a particular category; designate: assigned the new species to an existing genus. See Synonyms at allocate.

3. To give out as a task; allot: assigned homework to the class.

4. To ascribe; attribute: assigned blame for the loss to a lack of good defense. See Synonyms at attribute.

5. To match or pair with: assign a value to each of the variables.

6. Law To transfer (property, rights, or interests) from one to another.

n. Law

An assignee.

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[Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, from Latin assignāre : ad-, ad- + signāre, to mark (from signum, sign; see sek^w- in Indo-European roots).]

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as·sign′a·bil′i·ty n.

as·sign′a·ble adj.

as·sign′a·bly adv.

as·sign′er n.

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assign

(əˈsaɪn)

vb (mainly tr)

1. to select for and appoint to a post, etc: to assign an expert to the job.

2. to give out or allot (a task, problem, etc): to assign advertising to an expert.

3. to set apart (a place, person, time, etc) for a particular function or event: to assign a day for the meeting.

4. to attribute to a specified cause, origin, or source; ascribe: to assign a stone cross to the Vikings.

5. (Law) to transfer (one's right, interest, or title to property) to someone else

6. (Law) (also intr) law (formerly) to transfer (property) to trustees so that it may be used for the benefit of creditors

7. (Military) military to allocate (men or materials) on a permanent basis. Compare attach⁶

8. (Computer Science) computing to place (a value corresponding to a variable) in a memory location

n

(Law) law a person to whom property is assigned; assignee

[C14: from Old French assigner, from Latin assignāre, from signāre to mark out]

asˈsignable adj

asˌsignaˈbility n

asˈsignably adv

asˈsigner n

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as•sign

(əˈsaɪn)

v.t.

1. to give or allocate: to assign rooms at a hotel.

2. to give out or announce as a task: to assign homework.

3. to appoint, as to a post or duty.

4. to designate; name; specify: to assign a day for a meeting.

5. to bring forward; ascribe; attribute: to assign a cause.

6. Law. to transfer (property, esp. in trust).

v.i.

7. Law. to transfer property, esp. in trust or for the benefit of creditors.

n.

8. Often, assigns.Law. a person to whom another's property is transferred; assignee.

[1250–1300; Middle English < Old French assigner < Latin assignāre. See as-, sign]

as•sign′a•ble, adj.

as•sign`a•bil′i•ty, n.

as•sign′er; Chiefly Law, as•sign•or (ə saɪˈnɔr, ˌæs əˈnɔr) n.

syn: assign, allocate, allot mean to apportion or measure out. To assign is to distribute available things, designating them to be given to or reserved for specific persons or purposes: to assign duties. To allocate is to earmark or set aside parts of things available or expected in the future, each for a specific purpose: to allocate income to various expenses. To allot implies making restrictions as to amount, size, etc., and then apportioning or assigning: to allot spaces for parking.

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assign

1. To place units or personnel in an organization where such placement is relatively permanent, and/or where such organization controls and administers the units or personnel for the primary function, or greater portion of the functions, of the unit or personnel.
2. To detail individuals to specific duties or functions where such duties or functions are primary and/or relatively permanent. See also attach.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

assign

Past participle: assigned
Gerund: assigning

Imperative

assign

assign

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	assign - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) delegate, designate, depute mandate - assign authority to cast - select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet; "He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona" post - assign to a post; put into a post; "The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu" cast - assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors; "Who cast this beautiful movie?" devolve - pass on or delegate to another; "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital" task - assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children" place - place somebody in a particular situation or location; "he was placed on probation" regiment - assign to a regiment; "regiment soldiers" reassign, transfer - transfer somebody to a different position or location of work delegate, depute - transfer power to someone mandate - assign under a mandate; "mandate a colony" elevate, kick upstairs, promote, upgrade, advance, raise - give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" demote, kick downstairs, relegate, bump, break - assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" appoint, charge - assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance" place - assign to (a job or a home)
	2.	assign - give out; "We were assigned new uniforms" allot, portion appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve, allow - give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day" allocate, apportion - distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis"; "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip" deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, mete out, parcel out, shell out, lot, administer, allot, deal - administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"
	3.	assign - attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats" ascribe, attribute, impute pass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" impute - attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness" carnalize, sensualize - ascribe to an origin in sensation credit - give someone credit for something; "We credited her for saving our jobs" reattribute - attribute to another source anthropomorphise, anthropomorphize - ascribe human features to something personate, personify - attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous" credit, accredit - ascribe an achievement to; "She was not properly credited in the program" blame, charge - attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience" externalise, externalize, project - regard as objective interiorise, interiorize, internalise, internalize - incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal; "internalize a belief"
	4.	assign - select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise" set apart, specify choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" dedicate - set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church detail - assign to a specific task; "The ambulances were detailed to the fire station"
	5.	assign - attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story" put apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer" repose - put or confide something in a person or thing; "These philosophers reposed the law in the people"
	6.	assign - make undue claims to having arrogate arrogate, lay claim, claim - demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident"
	7.	assign - transfer one's right to transfer - cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children"
	8.	assign - decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class" attribute pass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" classify, relegate - assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"

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assign

verb

1. give, set, grant, allocate, give out, consign, allot, apportion Later in the year, she'll assign them research papers.

2. allocate, give, determine, fix, appoint, distribute, earmark, mete He assigned her all his land.

3. select for, post, commission, elect, appoint, delegate, nominate, name, designate, choose for, stipulate for Did you choose this country or where you simply assigned here?

4. attribute, credit, put down, set down, ascribe, accredit Assign the letters of the alphabet their numerical values.

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assign

verb

1. To set aside or apart for a specified purpose:

allocate, appropriate, designate, earmark.

2. To set aside or distribute as a share:

admeasure, allocate, allot, allow, apportion, give, lot, measure out, mete (out).

3. To regard as belonging to or resulting from another:

accredit, ascribe, attribute, charge, credit, impute, lay, refer.

4. To ascribe (a misdeed or an error, for example) to:

affix, blame, fasten, fix, impute, pin on, place.

5. Law. To change the ownership of (property) by means of a legal document:

cede, deed, grant, make over, sign over.

Law: alien, alienate, convey, transfer.

6. To appoint and send to a particular place:

post, set, station.

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Translations

يُخَصِّص، يُعَيِّنيُعَيِّن في مَنْصِب

přiřaditstanovituložiturčit

anvisepålæggetildeleudpege

übertragenzuordnenzuteilen

αναθέτω

asignaratribuirdestinarconsignar

antaaluovuttaamäärätämyöntäänimittää

assignerattribuercéderchargerdestiner

tilnefnaúthluta

assegnareattribuirecategorizzaredelegaredestinare

pavestiužduotis

ieceltnozīmētuzdot

toewijzen

oppnevneutpeke

кластьопределитьопределять

dodeliti

atamakayırmakgörevlendirmektahsis etmek

分配委派

assign

[əˈsaɪn]

A. VT

1. (= allot) [+ task] → asignar; [+ room] → destinar; [+ date] → señalar, fijar (for para) which is the room assigned to me? → ¿qué habitación se me ha destinado?

2. [+ person] → destinar
to assign sb to sth → destinar a algn a algo
they assigned him to the Paris embassy → lo destinaron a la embajada de París

3. (= attribute) [+ literary work, sculpture] → atribuir; [+ reason] → señalar, indicar

4. (Jur) [+ property] → ceder

B. N (Jur) → cesionario/a m/f

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assign

[əˈsaɪn] vt

(= allocate) to assign resources to sth → affecter des ressources à qch
to assign a task to sb → assigner une tâche à qn
to assign a police officer to a job → assigner un emploi à un policier
the police officer assigned to look after the only witness → le policier à qui l'on avait assigné la surveillance du seul témoin
to assign sb sth, to assign sth to sb → assigner qch à qn
I was assigned a pleasant, cheery room to work in → On m'avait assigné une pièce agréable et gaie pour travailler.
Each of us was assigned a minder → On nous avait assigné un ange gardien à chacun.
to be assigned somewhere → être envoyé(e) quelque part

(= attribute) to assign a cause to sth → attribuer une cause à qch
to assign a meaning to sth → attribuer une signification à qch
to assign a value to sth → attribuer une valeur à qch

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assign

vt

(= allot) → zuweisen, zuteilen (to sb jdm); (to a purpose) room → bestimmen (to für); (to a word) meaning → zuordnen (→ to +dat); (= fix) date, time → bestimmen, festsetzen; (= attribute) cause, novel, play, music → zuschreiben (→ to +dat); at the time assigned → zur festgesetzten Zeit; which class have you been assigned? → welche Klasse wurde Ihnen zugewiesen?

(= appoint) → berufen; (to a mission, case, task etc) → betrauen (to mit), beauftragen (to mit); she was assigned to this school → sie wurde an diese Schule berufen; he was assigned to the post of ambassador → er wurde zum Botschafter berufen; I was assigned to speak to the boss → ich wurde damit beauftragt or betraut, mit dem Chef zu sprechen

(Jur) → übertragen, übereignen (to sb jdm)

n (Jur: also assignee) → Abtretungsempfänger(in) m(f)

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assign

[əˈsaɪn] vt to assign (to) (allot, task, room, resources) → assegnare (a); (reason, cause, meaning) → dare (a), attribuire (a) (Law) (property) → cedere (a), trasferire (a); (appoint) to assign sb to → dare a qn l'incarico di
to assign a date to sth → fissare la data di qc

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assign

(əˈsain) verb

1. to give to someone as his share or duty. They assigned the task to us. toewys يُخَصِّص، يُعَيِّن разпределям distribuir uložit, přiřadit übertragen tildele; pålægge; anvise αναθέτωasignar, atribuir määrama, ülesandeks tegema مقرر داشتن؛ محول کردن antaa tehtäväksi assigner לְהַקצוֹת निश्चित करना dodijeliti kijelöl menyerahkan úthluta assegnare 割当てる 할당하다 pavesti uzdot memberi tugas toewijzentildele, sette av, gi przydzielać مقررول distribuir a în­credinţa поручать prideliť dodeliti dati zadatak tilldela, anvisa มอบหมาย ayırmak, tahsis etmek 分配 призначати تفویض کرنا phân công 分配

2. to order or appoint. He assigned three men to the job. opdrag gee يُعَيِّن في مَنْصِب назначавам escolher určit, stanovit zuteilen udpege; anvise διορίζωdestinar määrama گماشتن؛ تعیین کردن nimittää affecter לְמָנוֹת नियुक्त करना odrediti kinevez menugaskan tilnefna incaricare 任命する 배정하다 paskirti iecelt; nozīmēt mengarahkan aanwijzenutpeke, oppnevne wyznaczać مقررول، تعینول escolher a desemna назначать určiť določiti na delovno mesto odrediti ge ngn ngt i uppdrag กำหนด atamak, görevlendirmek 委派 доручати تعین کرنا chỉ định 委派

asˈsignment noun

a duty assigned to someone. You must complete this assignment by tomorrow. opdrag مَهَمَّه، واجِب назначение tarefa úkol der Auftrag opgave; lektie; hverv εντεταλμένο έργο, αποστολήcometido, tarea kohustus, ülesanne تکلیف؛ مأموریت tehtävä tâcheמנוי सौंपा हुआ कार्य zadaća kinevezés tugas verkefni compito 任務, 課題 배정 užduotis uzdevums tugasan taakoppgave, oppdrag, leksezadanie ماموریت ، تکلیف tarefa sarcină поручение úloha naloga zadatak uppdrag, uppgift การมอบหมาย görev, ödev 任務 завдання تفویض ، مفوضہ nhiệm vụ 任务

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assign

vt. asignar, indicar, señalar.

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