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 Definitions of Assignment  [əˈsaɪn mənt]  

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Definition of 'Assignment' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) assignment
something assigned, as a particular task or duty.

2.  assignment
a position of responsibility, post of duty, or the like, to which one is appointed.

3.  assignment
an act of assigning; appointment.

4.  assignment
the transfer of property, as to assignees for the benefit of creditors.

5.  assignment
the instrument of transfer.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME < ML)

Definition of 'Assignment' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) assignment, duty assignment
a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
"hazardous duty"

2. (noun) assignment
the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another

3. (noun) assignment, assigning
the act of distributing something to designated places or persons
"the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"

4. (noun) grant, assignment
(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

5. (noun) assignment
an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)

6. (noun) appointment, assignment, designation, naming
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
"the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"


Definition of 'Assignment' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) assignment
a piece of work or a job
a written assignment; a dangerous assignment


Definition of 'Assignment' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Assignment
an allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court

2. (noun) Assignment
a transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands

3. (noun) Assignment
the writing by which an interest is transferred

4. (noun) Assignment
the transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors


Translation of 'Assignment' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a duty assigned to someone
You must complete this assignment by tomorrow.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: opdrag Arabic flag Arabic: مَهَمَّه، واجِب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: назначение
Brazilian flag Brazilian: tarefa Czech flag Czech: úkol German flag German: der Auftrag
Danish flag Danish: opgave; lektie; hverv Greek flag Greek: εντεταλμένο έργο, αποστολ Spanish flag Spanish: cometido, tarea
Estonian flag Estonian: kohustus,ülesanne Farsi flag Farsi: تکلیف؛ مأموریت Finnish flag Finnish: tehtävä
French flag French: tâche Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִנוּי Hindi flag Hindi: सौंपा हुआ कार्य
Croatian flag Croatian: zadaća Hungarian flag Hungarian: kinevezés Indonesian flag Indonesian: tugas
Icelandic flag Icelandic: verkefni Italian flag Italian: compito Japanese flag Japanese: 任務, 課題
Korean flag Korean: 배정 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: užduotis Latvian flag Latvian: uzdevums
Malay flag Malay: tugasan Dutch flag Dutch: taak Norwegian flag Norwegian: oppgave, oppdrag, lekse
Polish flag Polish: zadanie Persian flag Persian: تکلیف؛ مأموریت Pashto flag Pashto: ماموریت ، تکلیف
Portuguese flag Portuguese: tarefa Romanian flag Romanian: sarcină Russian flag Russian: поручение
Slovak flag Slovak: úloha Slovenian flag Slovenian: naloga Serbian flag Serbian: zadatak
Swedish flag Swedish: uppdrag, uppgift Thai flag Thai: การมอบหมาย Turkish flag Turkish: görev, ödev
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 任務 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: завдання Urdu flag Urdu: تفویض ، مفوضہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nhiệm vụ Chinese flag Chinese: 任务

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