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assign
verb
select something or someone for a specific purpose
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 6
- Starts with
- A
- Ends with
- N
- Contains
- SSIG
- Scrabble score
- 7
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
əˈsaɪn
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Meaning
Definitions
verb
select something or someone for a specific purpose
“The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise”
verb
attribute or credit to
“We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare”
verb
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
“The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class”
verb
attribute or give
“She put too much emphasis on her the last statement”
verb
transfer one's right to
verb
give out
“We were assigned new uniforms”
verb
make undue claims to having
verb
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
In context
Example Sentences
The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise
We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare
People impute great cleverness to cats
The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class
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
We were assigned new uniforms
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