Definitions for assign
əˈsaɪnas·sign

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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?

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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. William Schaffner:

   You may have to help the person use the facilities, you can assign one person in the family to help them and to establish their routine.

2. Correctional Facility inmate Dixon:

   The court had to assign me a public defender and the public defender had in his possession the confession, the videotaped confession of Lamar Scott, the eight eyewitnesses' statements, and one of the victims that survived, critically wounded victim, [ who ] told them from his hospital bed that I didn't shoot him, none of these witnesses made it to court. My attorney did not call one single witness. He didn't even give an opening statement to the jury. And all of this evidence existed before trial started.

3. Thomas Manger:

   We think that if we are able to put contract security guards at some of those posts, that will free up a number of sworn police officers and we can assign them to where they are needed and where we require actually an armed Capitol Police officer.

4. 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.

5. Jonathan Boiria:

   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.

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