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assignment

/əˈsaɪn.mənt/noun3 syllables

Assignment means: the act of putting a person into a non-elective position.

Synonyms for assignment6

noun, as in the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

appointment, designation, naming

noun, as in a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)

duty assignment

noun, as in the act of distributing something to designated places or persons

assigning

noun, as in (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

grant

What does assignment mean?6

noun

1

the act of putting a person into a non-elective position“the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee”

2

a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)“hazardous assignment”

3

the act of distributing something to designated places or persons“the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum”

4

(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

5

the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another

6

an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with assignment?4

three syllables

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Assignment in a sentence

  • As an assignment, fill in the lacuna in this poem.rul
  • The assignment was very difficult, requiring hours of tedious work.EnglishFreak
  • Ziri didn't pay you for the assignments, did he?Amastan
  • Chris got a very nice grade on that difficult homework assignment.CN
  • The teacher handed a rubric for the assignment to the students.swolesuki
  • Sami was working on his mid-term assignment.OsoHombre
  • Sami had to do the assignment in front of the class.OsoHombre
  • Your assignment is to get into that building.AlanF_US

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of assignment

as a noun

plural
assignments