assigned

2.6

Given to someone for a job or task

adjective
/əˈsaɪnd/

: asignado

She was one of the corrections officers that was assigned to to oversee him.

And now I'm the new guy assigned to another program.

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Examples

The teacher assigned students to different groups for the science fair.
And now I'm the new guy assigned to another program.

Julian Dorey
So I get assigned to Korea for my second tour.
And I was junior and I was assigned to this pitch, so supporting role.
And I'm assigned to the kitchen duty.
And each prisoner has a police officer assigned to stand over them.
So now I get assigned to my first fighter squadron.
And he was assigned to go to Kingman, AZ.
You've all been assigned to breakout sessions.
He was officially assigned to the research project to help the team succeed.

Synonyms

appointed

vsassigned

Formal

3.4

Officially chosen to hold a job or duty

is officially placed into a post or duty rather than chosen

commissioned

vsassigned

Formal

5.4

A person officially given power to do a specific job

is about formal placement in a post rather than receiving special authority

allotted

vsassigned

4.4

Given to someone to do within a set time

is formal and focuses on official placement in a post or duty

Antonyms

unassigned

3 3.7

Not given a job, task, or place to go

How Official

appointed

Formal

3.4

assigned

2.6

unassigned

3 3.7

Surface Forms

assigned positive

Morphology

assigned = assign (transparent) = assign + ed

The adjective is the past-participial form of the verb 'assign' with the regular '-ed' suffix, so its meaning 'given or designated' follows directly from the verb.

Etymology

Assigned comes from the verb assign, made from ad- ('to') and signare ('mark'), the same root you see in sign and signature. So, to assign something is to 'mark' it for someone, which is why assigned means officially given to a person or task.