Definitions of consign [ənˈsaɪn]

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Definition of 'consign'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) consign
to hand over or deliver; assign.

2.  consign
to transfer to another's custody or charge; entrust.

3.  consign
to banish or set apart; relegate:
to consign unpleasant thoughts to oblivion.

4.  consign
to address or ship, esp. for the purpose of being sold.

5. (v.i.) consign
Obs. to yield or submit.

Etymology: (1400–50; < MF consigner < L consignāre to mark with a seal. See con -, sign)

Definition of 'consign'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) consign
commit forever; commit irrevocably

2. (verb) consign, charge
give over to another for care or safekeeping
"consign your baggage"

3. (verb) consign
send to an address

Definition of 'consign'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) consign
to give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of fixedness in that state, or permanence of possession; as, to consign the body to the grave

2. (verb) consign
to give in charge; to commit; to intrust

3. (verb) consign
to send or address (by bill of lading or otherwise) to an agent or correspondent in another place, to be cared for or sold, or for the use of such correspondent; as, to consign a cargo or a ship; to consign goods

4. (verb) consign
to assign; to devote; to set apart

5. (verb) consign
to stamp or impress; to affect

6. (verb) consign
to submit; to surrender or yield one's self

7. (verb) consign
to yield consent; to agree; to acquiesce

Translation of 'consign'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to put into or deliver to; to transfer The little boy was consigned to his grandmother's care.
Afrikaans: toevertrou, plaas	Arabic: يَعْهَد (بِالطِّفْل)	Bulgarian: изпращам
Brazilian: entregar	Czech: svěřit; vydat; zaslat	German: übergeben
Danish: overlade; overdrage	Greek: παραδίδω, μεταφέρω	Spanish: confiar, encomendar
Estonian: saatma, toimetama	Farsi: تحویل دادن؛ سپردن به	Finnish: siirtää
French: confier	Hebrew: לִשׁלוֹח	Hindi: अर्पण करना
Croatian: izručiti, predati	Hungarian: átad, rábíz	Indonesian: menaruh, menyerahkan
Icelandic: senda; felaá hendur	Italian: affidare	Japanese: ゆだねる
Korean: 위탁하다	Lithuanian: atiduoti, nugabenti, (pa)	Latvian: atdot; nodot; nosūtīt
Malay: mengamanahkan	Dutch: toevertrouwen	Norwegian: overgi (seg), overlate
Polish: składać, dostarczać	Persian: تحویل دادن؛ سپردن به	Pashto: وركول(په رسمى تو ګه): اعت
Portuguese: entregar	Romanian: a (de)pune	Russian: поручать
Slovak: zveriť	Slovenian: izročiti	Serbian: poveriti načuvanje
Swedish: överlämna, anförtro	Thai: ส่งไปยัง	Turkish: göndermek, yollamak; bıra
Taiwanese: 託運	Ukrainian: передавати; доручати	Urdu: بهيجنا، سپرد كرنا، حوال‍ے
Vietnamese: ủy thác	Chinese: 把...委托给
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