Assignment

Definitions

1. The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
   countable, uncountable
2. The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
   countable, uncountable
3. The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.
   countable, uncountable
4. An assigned task.
   countable, uncountable
5. A position to which someone is assigned.
   countable, uncountable
6. A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
   countable, uncountable
7. A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.
   countable, uncountable
8. A document that effects this transfer.
   countable, uncountable
9. An operation that assigns a value to a variable.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

31 more languages

العربيةإضافةالواجبتقريرتوليةفريضةمهمةواجب+ 4 more

Azərbaycan diliev tapşırığıtapşırıq

Българскизадача

Bosanskipoštenzadaćazadanizadatakдокументзадатакзадаћа+ 4 more

Češtinapřiřazenízadání

Danskopgave

Ελληνικάανάθεσηεργασία

Esperantovalorizo

Suomiharjoitusharjoitustehtäväluovutuskirjamäärääminenongelmasijoitustehtävätehtävänantotoimeksiantotyönantotyönjakotyötehtävä+ 9 more

Gaeilgetasc

עבריתמטלהמשימה

हिन्दीनियुक्ति

Hrvatskipoštenzadaćazadanizadatakдокументзадатакзадаћа+ 4 more

Հայերենհանձնարարություն

Bahasa Indonesiapenempatantugas

Italianoatto di cessionecessione

日本語アサイン代入割り当て委任宿題登用譲渡配属+ 5 more

한국어숙제위임

Kurdîواجب

Latinadelegatusperscriptio

Latviešusūtījums

Bahasa Melayutugasan

Nederlandsakte van cessiebenoemingcessiehuiswerkopdrachttaaktoekenningtoewijzing+ 5 more

Polskicesjaprzelewprzypisaniezadaniowy+ 1 more

Portuguêsatribuiçãocessãodesignaçãoposiçãotarefatrabalho+ 3 more

Русскийассигнованиедокументдомашнее заданиезаданиезадачаиндоссаме́нтназначениепередачапереусту́пкапоруче́ниеприсва́иваниеприсвое́ниераспределениеце́ссия+ 11 more

Српскиpoštenzadaćazadanizadatakдокументзадатакзадаћа+ 4 more

Svenskakommenderingtilldelninguppdraguppgift+ 1 more

Tagalogtakdang-aralin

Türkçeödev

Українськавідрядженнядомашнє завданнязавданнязавданнячкозадачакомандировка+ 3 more

Examples

“This flow⟳ chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee.”

“We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers.”

“The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging.”

“Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion.”

“Mrs Smith gave out our assignments, and said we had to finish⟳ them by Monday.”

“The assignment of the lease has not been finalised yet.”

“Once you receive⟳ the assignment in the post⟳, be sure to sign⟳ it and send⟳ it back as soon as possible.”

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