Dictionary entries for 'assign'

Synonyms

as·sign (ə-sīń)

[Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, from Latin assignāre, ad-, ad-, + signāre, to mark (from signum, sign; see sek^w-¹).]

transitive verb: -signed, -sign·ing, -signs.

To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection.
To select for a duty or office; appoint: firefighters assigned to the city's industrial park.
To give out as a task; allot: assigned homework to the class.
To ascribe; attribute: sorted the rocks by assigning them to different categories. See synonyms at attribute
Law To transfer (property, rights, or interests) from one to another.
To place (a person or a military unit) under a specific command.

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