English dictionary

assign

/@/'s/aI/n/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.

noun

Source: webster1913
A person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and <i>assigns</i>.

noun

Source: webster1913

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

verb.social

Synonyms delegate depute designate

Source: WordNet 3.0
give out

verb.possession

Examples
We were assigned new uniforms.

Synonyms allot portion

Source: WordNet 3.0
attribute or credit to

verb.cognition

Synonyms ascribe attribute impute

Source: WordNet 3.0
select something or someone for a specific purpose

verb.cognition

Examples
The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise.

Synonyms set apart specify

Source: WordNet 3.0
attribute or give

verb.consumption

Synonyms put

Source: WordNet 3.0
make undue claims to having

verb.possession

Synonyms arrogate

Source: WordNet 3.0
transfer one's right to

verb.possession

Source: WordNet 3.0
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme

verb.cognition

Examples
The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class.

Synonyms attribute

Source: WordNet 3.0
To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

verb

Source: webster1913
To transfer or pass over property to another, whether for the benefit of the assignee or of the assignor's creditors, or in furtherance of some trust.

verb

Source: webster1913