Meaning of assign in English

1. Pronunciation

   /əˈsaɪn/

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1. Verb

   assign

   Etymology

   Middle English: from Old French asigner, assiner, from Latin assignare, from ad-‘to’ + signare‘to sign’

   Definitions

   1. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
2. 2. give out or allot

   Examples

   • « We were assigned new uniforms »
3. 3. attribute or credit to

   Examples

   • « We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare »
   • « People impute great cleverness to cats »
4. 4. select something or someone for a specific purpose

   Examples

   • « The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise »
5. 5. attribute or give

   Examples

   • « She put too much emphasis on her the last statement »
   • « He put all his efforts into this job »
   • « The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story »
6. 6. make undue claims to having
7. 7. transfer one's right to
8. 8. decide as to where something belongs in a scheme

   Examples

   • « The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class »