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assign

/əˈsaɪn/verb2 syllables

Assign means: attribute or credit to.

Synonyms for assign17

verb, as in attribute or credit to

impute, ascribe, attribute

verb, as in give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

delegate, designate, depute

verb, as in give out

allot, portion

verb, as in select something or someone for a specific purpose

specify, set apart

verb, as in attribute or give

put

verb, as in make undue claims to having

arrogate

verb, as in decide as to where something belongs in a scheme

attribute

also used for assign

allocate, commission, consign, earmark, convey

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What does assign mean?8

verb

1

attribute or credit to“We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare”

2

give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

3

give out“We were assigned new uniforms”

4

select something or someone for a specific purpose“The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise”

5

attribute or give“She put too much emphasis on her the last statement”

6

make undue claims to having

7

decide as to where something belongs in a scheme“The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class”

8

transfer one's right to

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with assign?32

three syllables

redesign
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All 32 rhymes for assign, grouped by syllable

Assign in a sentence

  • I have to assign more men to that work.CK
  • Ask your teacher and he will assign you one.unknown
  • He told me that he would assign all his employees to the same task.unknown
  • You can't assign a string to a variable of type integer.Miktsoanit
  • I don't know if the teacher plans to assign homework.Lumi
  • My father assigns specific tasks for each weekend.Nuel
  • Mrs. Jackson assigns a lot of homework to her students.CK
  • We're not here to assign blame.CM

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Forms of assign

as a verb

past tense
assigned
present participle
assigning
third-person singular
assigns
past participle
assigned