Definitions for Assign
əˈsaɪnas·sign

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. delegate, designate, depute, assignverb

   give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

2. assign, allot, portionverb

   give out

   "We were assigned new uniforms"

3. impute, ascribe, assign, attributeverb

   attribute or credit to

   "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"

4. assign, specify, set apartverb

   select something or someone for a specific purpose

   "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"

5. put, assignverb

   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"

6. arrogate, assignverb

   make undue claims to having

7. assignverb

   transfer one's right to

8. assign, attributeverb

   decide as to where something belongs in a scheme

   "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. assignnoun

   An assignee.

2. assignverb

   To designate or set apart something for some purpose.

3. assignverb

   To appoint or select someone for some office.

4. assignverb

   To allot or give something as a task.

5. assignverb

   To attribute or sort something into categories.

6. assignverb

   To transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To ASSIGNverb

   Etymology: assigner, Fr. assigno, Lat.

   1. To mark out; to appoint.

   He assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. 2 Sam. xi. 16.

   Both joining,
   As join’d in injuries, one enmity
   Against a foe by doom express assign’d us,
   That cruel serpent. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. x.

   True quality is neglected, virtue is oppressed, and vice triumphant. The last day will assign to every one a station suitable to his character. Joseph Addison, Spect. №. 219.

   2. To fix with regard to quantity or value.

   There is no such intrinsick, natural, settled value in any thing, as to make any assigned quantity of it constantly worth any assigned quantity of another. John Locke.

   3. In law.In general, to appoint a deputy, or make over a right to another; in particular, to appoint or set forth, as to assign error, is to shew in what part of the process error is committed: to assign false judgment, is to declare how and where the judgment is unjust: to assign the cessor, is to shew how the plaintiff had cessed, or given over: to assign waste, is to shew wherein especially the waste is committed. John Cowell

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ASSIGN

   This article presents a list of commands used by DOS operating systems, especially as used on x86-based IBM PC compatibles (PCs). Other DOS operating systems are not part of the scope of this list. In DOS, many standard system commands were provided for common tasks such as listing files on a disk or moving files. Some commands were built into the command interpreter, others existed as external commands on disk. Over the several generations of DOS, commands were added for the additional functions of the operating system. In the current Microsoft Windows operating system, a text-mode command prompt window, cmd.exe, can still be used.

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1. assign

   Assign means to designate or allocate a task, duty, or responsibility to someone. Alternatively, it can also mean to attribute or ascribe a cause, effect, or value to something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Assignverb

   to appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over

2. Assignverb

   to fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel for a prisoner; to assign a day for trial

3. Assignverb

   to transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors

4. Assign

   a thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance

5. Assignnoun

   a person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns

6. Etymology: [See Assignee.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Assign

   as-sīn′, v.t. to sign or mark out to one: to allot: to appoint: to allege: to transfer: to ascribe or refer to: to suggest: to fix, as a time: to point out exactly.—n. one to whom any property or right is made over: (pl.) appendages (Shak.).—adj. Assign′able, that may be assigned.—ns. Assignā′tion, an appointment to meet, used chiefly of love-trysts, and mostly in a bad sense: (Scots law) the making over of any right to another, equivalent to Assignment; Assignee (as-sin-ē′), one to whom any right or property is assigned: (pl.) the trustees of a sequestrated estate; Assign′ment, act of assigning: anything assigned: the writing by which a transfer is made: (Spens.) design. [Fr.—L. assignāre, to mark out—ad, to, signum, a mark or sign.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. assign

   To give to a person for a specific purpose.

   The business did assign their tools to their crew vehicles and did assign them online using their online technology.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 13, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Apply
   • Appoint
   • Claim
   • Judge
   • Transfer

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Assign' in Verbs Frequency: #770

How to pronounce Assign?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say Assign in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Assign in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Assign in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Assign in a Sentence

1. Martin Holzmann:

   This suggests that there’s a causal relationship, but a registry study can’t answer that question, it is possible that those who received PDE5 inhibitors were healthier than those on alprostadil and therefore had a lower risk. To ascertain whether it is the drug that reduces the risk, we would need to randomly assign patients to two groups, one that takes PDE5 and one that doesn’t. The results we have now give us very good reason to embark on such a study.

2. Josh Hawley:

   The reason we have runaway inflation is Joe Biden. The reason we have a shipping crisis, a supply chain crisis at this stage, is Joe Biden. So if he wants to assign blame, all he needs is a mirror, and he can look in it because he's the source of most of these problems and the solutions he's offering are either nonexistent or totally fake, if the president wants to be serious, he'll admit that his policies have been wrong, that his policies have been weak, that his policies have endangered this nation and the world, and he'll tell us how he's going to change course.

3. Steph Yang:

   People don't have natural inborn appetites for certain kinds of sports or gendered activities, the NCAA Board of Governors's completely determined by our cultures ; the way we're socialized. We assign the value to sports.

4. Jack Siu:

   The most likely outcome – to which we assign a probability of 70% – sees both sides concluding a deal, albeit at perhaps a slightly delayed timeframe.

5. Steve King:

   I had never heard Mark Collett name before, and I don't know why anybody would ever know Mark Collett name, for that matter, i think it's really unjust for anyone to assign the beliefs of someone else because there's a message there among all of that. I mean it's the message, not the messenger.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Assign
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Assign
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Assign
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assign
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Assign
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Assign
8. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf