to assign
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2.7
- verb
- /əˈsaɪn/
- In class, the teacher assigned each student a different book to read for their report.
- assign homework
- assign tasks
- assign students
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Watch on YouTubeYou get the deal and they assign you different songs per week.
- You get the deal and they assign you different songs per week.
- So you could spend hundreds of hours just on an assigned task out of the skyway.
- That's why I assigned you such a short paper to work on.
- And then after you've been through the training, they assign you families.
- This is how this is a book that he assigns to his students.
- A bunch of people were getting in trouble for that and they tried to take me off of my job and assign me to doing heavy labor.
- Yeah, I know, but the report was assigned in.
Examples
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I was more interested in doing the work that he assigned me to do.
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So I'm going to assign some words to this breaking down process.
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There were three men assigned to that room.
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When a defendant has no lawyer, the court will assign one to him.
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For example, teachers can form groups and assign roles for students to program.
Academic text (2015) -
Students deserve a fair hearing if they feel their assigned grade was reached in error.
Academic text (2011) -
And then after you've been through the training, they assign you families.
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I'm the officer assigned to make sure you people complete the jobs you're given.
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For example, less experienced teachers are more likely to be assigned to classrooms of underrepresented students.
Academic text (2011) -
We had a faculty member who began assigning his students to listen to weekly podcasts.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
475
3.2
Officially choose someone for a job or role
249
2.8
To officially choose someone for a job or position
100
5.0
To officially choose someone for a job or role
88
4.5
Give parts of something, like money or time, to people for a planned purpose
79
3.3
Give someone a responsibility or task
58
2.6
To give someone a piece of work they must do
47
4.2
To assign someone to a place or job as part of their work
46
3.7
To give a job and authority to someone so they do it for you
21
3.7
To give a part of something to someone for a specific use
8
4.3
To register someone for an activity or list and give them a specific role
7
5.9
To assign someone to a specific job for a short time
1
7.8
To choose someone to act for you
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Morphology
Etymology
Assign comes from the Latin word signare, which means 'to mark', and it is related to the common word sign. So when you assign a task you are 'marking' that job as belonging to a person.