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Meaning of 'assign' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Assign [ n.]
- A person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns.
2 . Assign [ v.]
- A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
3 . Assign [ v. t.]
- To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.
- 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.
- To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors.

Meaning of 'assign' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . assign [ v]
Meaning (1):
- attribute or give
Example in sentence:
  • He put all his efforts into this job;
  • She put too much emphasis on her the last statement;
  • The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story
Meaning (2):
- attribute or credit to
Example in sentence:
  • People impute great cleverness to cats;
  • We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare
Meaning (3):
- decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
Example in sentence:
  • The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class
Meaning (4):
- select something or someone for a specific purpose
Example in sentence:
  • The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise
Meaning (5):
- give out
Example in sentence:
  • We were assigned new uniforms

Nearby Words:

ass assaf/tida assagai assai assail assailable assailant assailed assailer assailing

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