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Defenition of the word assign

    • Defenition of the word assign

      • To give something to (a person), or assign a task to (a person).
      • To select something or someone for a specific purpose.
      • To assign to someone as his or her lot.
      • To attribute or credit to.
      • To legally transfer one's right to.
      • To associate ownership of (something) to someone.
      • make undue claims to having
      • transfer one's right to
      • give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"
      • select something or someone for a specific purpose
      • give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
      • attribute to a source or cause; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"
      • put something on or into (abstractly) assign; ; "She put 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"
      • select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
      • attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
      • decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"
      • 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"
      • transfer one''s right to
      • give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms"
      • attribute or credit to
      • decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
      • attribute or give
      • give out

    Synonyms for the word assign

      • allot
      • appoint
      • arrogate
      • ascribe
      • attribute
      • delegate
      • depute
      • designate
      • impute
      • portion
      • put
      • set apart
      • specify

    Hyponyms for the word assign

      • accredit
      • advance
      • allocate
      • allow
      • anthropomorphise
      • anthropomorphize
      • apportion
      • appropriate
      • blame
      • break
      • bump
      • carnalize
      • cast
      • charge
      • classify
      • credit
      • dedicate
      • delegate
      • demote
      • depute
      • detail
      • devolve
      • earmark
      • elevate
      • externalise
      • externalize
      • impute
      • interiorise
      • interiorize
      • internalise
      • internalize
      • kick downstairs
      • kick upstairs
      • mandate
      • personate
      • personify
      • place
      • post
      • project
      • promote
      • raise
      • reassign
      • reattribute
      • regiment
      • relegate
      • repose
      • reserve
      • sensualize
      • set aside
      • task
      • transfer
      • upgrade

    Hypernyms for the word assign

      • administer
      • allot
      • apply
      • appoint
      • arrogate
      • charge
      • choose
      • claim
      • deal
      • deal out
      • dish out
      • dispense
      • distribute
      • dole out
      • employ
      • evaluate
      • judge
      • lay claim
      • lot
      • mete out
      • parcel out
      • pass judgment
      • pick out
      • select
      • shell out
      • take
      • transfer
      • use
      • utilise
      • utilize

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