What does assign mean?
Definitions for assign
əˈsaɪnas·sign
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word assign.
Princeton's WordNet
delegate, designate, depute, assignverb
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
assign, allot, portionverb
give out
"We were assigned new uniforms"
impute, ascribe, assign, attributeverb
attribute or credit to
"We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
assign, specify, set apartverb
select something or someone for a specific purpose
"The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
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"
arrogate, assignverb
make undue claims to having
assignverb
transfer one's right to
assign, attributeverb
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
"The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"
Wiktionary
assignnoun
An assignee.
assignverb
To designate or set apart something for some purpose.
assignverb
To appoint or select someone for some office.
assignverb
To allot or give something as a task.
assignverb
To attribute or sort something into categories.
assignverb
To transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To ASSIGNverb
Etymology: assigner, Fr. assigno, Lat.
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.
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.
Wikipedia
ASSIGN
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ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Assignverb
to appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over
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
Assignverb
to transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors
Assign
a thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance
Assignnoun
a person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns
Etymology: [See Assignee.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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 Terms
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 Contribution
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
British National Corpus
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'assign' in Verbs Frequency: #770
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of assign in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of assign in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of assign in a Sentence
No question : There are a lot of hours of briefings that labor has gotten, but there's a difference between counting the hours and listening to what we've said. They could assign an intern to sit with me for 1,000 hours, but if they didn't take what I said, then it doesn't do me any good.
Shops have to assign people at the entrance, a lot of people, to ensure respect for the wearing of masks, and sometimes that is a stretch, a robot allows you to free up some people so they can focus on their normal tasks.
Time is just something that we assign. You know, past, present, it's just all arbitrary. Most Native Americans, they don't think of time as linear in time, out of time, I never have enough time, circular time, the Stevens wheel. All moments are happening all the time.
I think the first years of a child's life is very important. So when you have a very confident child, that child's confidence will carry him or her through primary school as well. Not only do you want a child that is smart, you want a child who is resilient. it starts with resources, the priority they assign to education.
We were distracted during our antitrust trial, we didn't assign the best people to do the work.
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- تعيين شخص لعمل ماArabic
- определям, назначавам, приписвам, предназначавам, възлагамBulgarian
- přidělit, přiřaditCzech
- zuweisenGerman
- asigniEsperanto
- asignar, designarSpanish
- اختصاص دادنPersian
- valita, määrätä, nimittää, luovuttaa, antaa, siirtää, myöntääFinnish
- designer, attribuerFrench
- átenged, átruházHungarian
- menetapkanIndonesian
- asignarIdo
- attribuire, accantonare, categorizzare, assegnareItalian
- 任命, 譲渡, 割り当てるJapanese
- tildeleNorwegian
- toewijzenDutch
- przydzielaćPolish
- designar, atribuir, imputar, conceder, conferirPortuguese
- împărțiRomanian
- определя́ть, определи́ть, назна́чить, назнача́тьRussian
- chỉ địnhVietnamese
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