assign
to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
to give out or announce as a task: to assign homework.
to appoint, as to a post or duty: to assign one to guard duty.
to designate; name; specify: to assign a day for a meeting.
to ascribe; attribute; bring forward: to assign a cause.
Law. to transfer: to assign a contract.
Military. to place permanently on duty with a unit or under a commander.
Law. to transfer property, especially in trust or for the benefit of creditors.
Usually assigns. Law. a person to whom the property or interest of another is or may be transferred; assignee: my heirs and assigns.
Origin of assign
1synonym study For assign
Other words for assign
Other words from assign
- as·sign·er; Chiefly Law. as·sign·or [uh-sahy-nawr, as-uh-nawr], /ə saɪˈnɔr, ˌæs əˈnɔr/, noun
- mis·as·sign, verb
- non·as·signed, adjective
- pre·as·sign, verb (used with object)
- pre·as·signed, adjective
- re·as·sign, verb (used with object)
- self-as·signed, adjective
- un·as·signed, adjective
- well-as·signed, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for assign
/ (əˈsaɪn) /
to select for and appoint to a post, etc: to assign an expert to the job
to give out or allot (a task, problem, etc): to assign advertising to an expert
to set apart (a place, person, time, etc) for a particular function or event: to assign a day for the meeting
to attribute to a specified cause, origin, or source; ascribe: to assign a stone cross to the Vikings
to transfer (one's right, interest, or title to property) to someone else
(also intr) law (formerly) to transfer (property) to trustees so that it may be used for the benefit of creditors
military to allocate (men or materials) on a permanent basis: Compare attach (def. 6)
computing to place (a value corresponding to a variable) in a memory location
law a person to whom property is assigned; assignee
Origin of assign
1Derived forms of assign
- assignable, adjective
- assignability, noun
- assignably, adverb
- assigner, noun
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