assignment
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2.9
- noun
- /əˈsaɪnmənt/
- Formal
:
destino
- You have 48 hours to recruit Miss Nordoff-Hall and meet me in Seville to receive your assignment.
- a job assignment
- promotions and assignments
- command assignments
So first of all, it was a short term assignment.
- So first of all, it was a short term assignment.
- It looked like a hive of bees, except these were firefighters awaiting their assignment to go up the stairs.
- You can, with more confidence, go in and ask for that promotion, for that overseas assignment.
- They first allocate capital, they do the numbers and then later they talk about talent and people assignment.
Examples
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Your first assignment is Lorraine.
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Besides, she went and accepted that Peace Corps assignment.
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And I accepted that assignment as a general partner of the firm.
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I choose not to accept the assignment.
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And I'm going to give you an assignment at the end of this training.
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I'm working on an assignment for the United Nations.
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She's gone to Italy on a modeling assignment.
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His last assignment, he went into Iran, late '78, after the Shah.
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For both students, the intervention involved changing the students' seating assignment to be closer to the teachers' desks.
Academic text (2008) -
Starting Monday, Russ begins his new assignment as the news anchor on THE EARLY SHOW.
Synonyms
183
2.5
An official job or position someone is given
57
3.4
Finding a suitable job for someone often through an agency
26
3.1
Hiring someone for a job
15
4.9
The official act of giving someone a job, title, or status
4
3.5
Choosing someone for a job or official position, not by election
An official act by people in power that appoints someone or makes a rule
Giving something to a person or place for a reason
Antonyms
Compounds
- Jargon
3
3.5
A specific job or task officially given to someone, often in the military
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Assignment comes from the root signare 'to mark', so a person can be 'marked' for a role or job. That is why an assignment can mean giving someone a particular position.