[əˈsʌɪn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- allocate (a job or duty)
(e.g: Congress had assigned the task to the agency)

- designate or set (something) aside for a specific purpose
(e.g: managers happily assign large sums of money to travel budgets)

- classify (a person) as having a particular sex or gender, especially on the basis of their genitals at birth
(e.g: not all people who were assigned male at birth identify as men)

- transfer (legal rights or liabilities)
(e.g: they will ask you to assign your rights against the airline)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French asigner, assiner, from Latin assignare, from ad- ‘to’ + signare ‘to sign’

[əˈsʌɪn], (Noun)

Definitions:


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French asigner, assiner, from Latin assignare, from ad- ‘to’ + signare ‘to sign’