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as·sign
(ə-sīn′)tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs
1. To select for a duty or office; appoint: firefighters assigned to the city's industrial park. See Synonyms at appoint.
2. To set apart for a particular purpose or place in a particular category; designate: assigned the new species to an existing genus. See Synonyms at allocate.
3. To give out as a task; allot: assigned homework to the class.
4. To ascribe; attribute: assigned blame for the loss to a lack of good defense. See Synonyms at attribute.
5. To match or pair with: assign a value to each of the variables.
6. Law To transfer (property, rights, or interests) from one to another.
n. Law
An assignee.
[Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, from Latin assignāre : ad-, ad- + signāre, to mark (from signum, sign; see sekw- in Indo-European roots).]
as·sign′a·bil′i·ty n.
as·sign′a·ble adj.
as·sign′a·bly adv.
as·sign′er n.
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assign
(əˈsaɪn)vb (mainly tr)
1. to select for and appoint to a post, etc: to assign an expert to the job.
2. to give out or allot (a task, problem, etc): to assign advertising to an expert.
3. to set apart (a place, person, time, etc) for a particular function or event: to assign a day for the meeting.
4. to attribute to a specified cause, origin, or source; ascribe: to assign a stone cross to the Vikings.
5. (Law) to transfer (one's right, interest, or title to property) to someone else
6. (Law) (also intr) law (formerly) to transfer (property) to trustees so that it may be used for the benefit of creditors
7. (Military) military to allocate (men or materials) on a permanent basis. Compare attach6
8. (Computer Science) computing to place (a value corresponding to a variable) in a memory location
n
(Law) law a person to whom property is assigned; assignee
[C14: from Old French assigner, from Latin assignāre, from signāre to mark out]
asˈsignable adj
asˌsignaˈbility n
asˈsignably adv
asˈsigner n
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as•sign
(əˈsaɪn)v.t.
1. to give or allocate: to assign rooms at a hotel.
2. to give out or announce as a task: to assign homework.
3. to appoint, as to a post or duty.
4. to designate; name; specify: to assign a day for a meeting.
5. to bring forward; ascribe; attribute: to assign a cause.
6. Law. to transfer (property, esp. in trust).
v.i. 7. Law. to transfer property, esp. in trust or for the benefit of creditors.
n. 8. Often, assigns.Law. a person to whom another's property is transferred; assignee.
as•sign′a•ble, adj.
as•sign`a•bil′i•ty, n.
as•sign′er; Chiefly Law, as•sign•or (ə saɪˈnɔr, ˌæs əˈnɔr) n.
syn: assign, allocate, allot mean to apportion or measure out. To assign is to distribute available things, designating them to be given to or reserved for specific persons or purposes: to assign duties. To allocate is to earmark or set aside parts of things available or expected in the future, each for a specific purpose: to allocate income to various expenses. To allot implies making restrictions as to amount, size, etc., and then apportioning or assigning: to allot spaces for parking.
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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.
2. To detail individuals to specific duties or functions where such duties or functions are primary and/or relatively permanent. See also attach.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
assign
Past participle: assigned
Gerund: assigning
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| Verb | 1. |  assign - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)mandate - assign authority to cast - select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet; "He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona" post - assign to a post; put into a post; "The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu" cast - assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors; "Who cast this beautiful movie?" devolve - pass on or delegate to another; "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital" task - assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children" place - place somebody in a particular situation or location; "he was placed on probation" regiment - assign to a regiment; "regiment soldiers" mandate - assign under a mandate; "mandate a colony" elevate, kick upstairs, promote, upgrade, advance, raise - give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" demote, kick downstairs, relegate, bump, break - assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" appoint, charge - assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance" place - assign to (a job or a home) |
| 2. |  assign - give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve, allow - give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day" allocate, apportion - distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis"; "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip" deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, mete out, parcel out, shell out, lot, administer, allot, deal - administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" | |
| 3. |  assign - attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"pass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" impute - attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness" carnalize, sensualize - ascribe to an origin in sensation credit - give someone credit for something; "We credited her for saving our jobs" reattribute - attribute to another source anthropomorphise, anthropomorphize - ascribe human features to something personate, personify - attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous" blame, charge - attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience" interiorise, interiorize, internalise, internalize - incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal; "internalize a belief" | |
| 4. | assign - select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise" choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" dedicate - set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church detail - assign to a specific task; "The ambulances were detailed to the fire station" | |
| 5. | assign - 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" apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer" repose - put or confide something in a person or thing; "These philosophers reposed the law in the people" | |
| 6. | assign - make undue claims to having | |
| 7. | assign - transfer one's right to transfer - cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children" | |
| 8. |  assign - decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"pass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
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assign
verb
1. give, set, grant, allocate, give out, consign, allot, apportion Later in the year, she'll assign them research papers.
3. select for, post, commission, elect, appoint, delegate, nominate, name, designate, choose for, stipulate for Did you choose this country or where you simply assigned here?
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assign
verb1. To set aside or apart for a specified purpose:
2. To set aside or distribute as a share:
3. To regard as belonging to or resulting from another:
4. To ascribe (a misdeed or an error, for example) to:
5. Law. To change the ownership of (property) by means of a legal document:
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assign
[əˈsaɪn]A. VT
1. (= allot) [+ task] → asignar; [+ room] → destinar; [+ date] → señalar, fijar (for para) which is the room assigned to me? → ¿qué habitación se me ha destinado?
2. [+ person] → destinar
to assign sb to sth → destinar a algn a algo
they assigned him to the Paris embassy → lo destinaron a la embajada de París
to assign sb to sth → destinar a algn a algo
they assigned him to the Paris embassy → lo destinaron a la embajada de París
4. (Jur) [+ property] → ceder
B. N (Jur) → cesionario/a m/f
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assign
(əˈsain) verb2. to order or appoint. He assigned three men to the job.destinar
asˈsignment nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
assign
vt. asignar, indicar, señalar.
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