Meaning of assign | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An assignee.
2. A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
   obsolete
3. a duty assigned to someone. You must complete this assignment by tomorrow. opdrag مَهَمَّه، واجِب назначение tarefa úkol der Auftrag opgave; lektie; hverv εντεταλμένο έργο, αποστολήcometido, tarea kohustus, ülesanne تکلیف؛ مأموریت tehtävä tâcheמנוי सौंपा हुआ कार्य zadaća kinevezés tugas verkefni compito 任務, 課題 배정 užduotis uzdevums tugasan taakoppgave, oppdrag, leksezadanie ماموریت ، تکلیف tarefa sarcină поручение úloha naloga zadatak uppdrag, uppgift การมอบหมาย görev, ödev 任務 завдання تفویض ،...
4. An assignment or appointment.
   obsolete
5. vt. asignar, indicar, señalar.
6. A design or purpose.
   obsolete
7. To select for a duty or office; appoint: firefighters assigned to the city's industrial park. See Synonyms at appoint.
8. To set apart for a particular purpose or place in a particular category; designate: assigned the new species to an existing genus. See Synonyms at allocate.
9. To give out as a task; allot: assigned homework to the class.
10. To ascribe; attribute: assigned blame for the loss to a lack of good defense. See Synonyms at attribute.
11. To match or pair with: assign a value to each of the variables.
12. Law To transfer (property, rights, or interests) from one to another.
    Law
13. to select for and appoint to a post, etc: to assign an expert to the job.

Equivalents

Examples

“Scrooge knew he was dead ? Of course he did. How could it be otherwise ? Scrooge and he were partners for I don’t know how many years. Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend and his sole mourner.”

“The King ſir hath wagerd with him ſix Barbary horſes, againgſt the which hee has impaund as I take it ſix French Rapiers and Poynards, with their aſſignes, as girdle, hanger and ſo.”

“He aim’d at high designs, and so attain’d / The high assigns to which his spirit aim’d.”

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