assign

as·sign  (-sn)

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

1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection.

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

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

4. To ascribe; attribute: sorted the rocks by assigning them to different categories. See Synonyms at attribute.

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

6. To place (a person or a military unit) under a specific command.

n. Law

An assignee.

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[Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, from Latin assignre : ad-, ad- + signre, to mark (from signum, sign; see sek^w-¹ in Indo-European roots).]

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as·signa·bili·ty n.

as·signa·ble adj.

as·signa·bly adv.

as·signer n.

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assign

Verb

1. to select (someone) for a post or task

2. to give a task or duty (to someone)

3. to attribute to a specified cause

4. to set apart (a place or time) for a particular function or event: to assign a day for the meeting

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

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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.

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" 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

verb 2. allocate, give, determine, fix, appoint, distribute, earmark, mete

verb 3. select for, post, commission, elect, appoint, delegate, nominate, name, designate, choose for, stipulate for

verb 4. attribute, credit, put down, set down, ascribe, accredit

Translations

assign [əˈsaɪn] vt [+ date] → fijar [+ task]; asignar [+ resources]; destinar [+ property]; traspasar

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assign [əˈsaɪn] vt [+ date] → fixer, arrêter;

to assign sth to [+ task] → assigner qch à [+ resources]; affecter qch à [+ cause, meaning]; attribuer qch à

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assign [əˈsaɪn] vt to assign (to) (date) → zuweisen (+dat);

(task) → übertragen (+dat);

(person) → einteilen (für);

(cause) → zuschreiben (+dat);

(meaning) → zuordnen (+dat);

to assign sb to do sth → jdn damit beauftragen, etw zu tun

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assign [əˈsaɪn] vt to assign (to) [+ task] → assegnare (a) [+ resources]; riservare (a) [+ cause, meaning]; attribuire (a);

to assign a date to sth → fissare la data di qc

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assign

v assign [əˈsain]

1 to give to someone as his share or duty They assigned the task to us. toewys يُخَصِّص، يُعَيِّن разпределям uložit, přiřadit tildele; pålægge; anvise übertragen αναθέτω asignar, atribuir määrama, ülesandeks tegema مقرر داشتن؛ محول کردن uskoa assigner (à) לְהַקצוֹת निश्चित करना dodijeliti kijelöl menyerahkan úthluta assegnare 割当てる 할당하다 pavesti uzdot memberi tugas toewijzen tildele, sette av, gi przydzielać 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 určit, stanovit udpege; anvise zuteilen διορίζω destinar määrama گماشتن؛ تعیین کردن määrätä affecter (à) לְמָנוֹת नियुक्त करना odrediti kinevez menugaskan tilnefna incaricare 任命する 임명하다 paskirti iecelt; nozīmēt mengarahkan aanwijzen utpeke, oppnevne wyznaczać 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

n asˈsignment

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