assign
Academic Word List, sublist 6.
About 6.87 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose.
to assign a day for trial
- verb To appoint or select (someone) for some office.
to assign counsel for a prisoner
- verb To allot or give (something) as a task.
- verb To attribute or sort (something) into categories. To categorize (someone) as belonging to the male or female sex.
- verb To categorize (someone) as belonging to the male or female sex.
- verb To transfer (property, a legal right, etc.) from one person to another.
- verb To give (a value) to a variable.
We assign 100 to x.
- noun An assignee.
Similar words
allot portion depute put delegate ascribe designate impute specify attribute
Often followed by
the a to it them an any each this one
Word family
assignabilities assignability assignable assigned assigner assigners assigning assignment assignments assignor
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