Assign meaning

What does “assign” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“assign” is a verb with 8 meanings. Its most common meaning is: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person).

assign

give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
Synonymsdelegate designate depute
give out
“We were assigned new uniforms”
Synonymsallot portion
attribute or credit to
“We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare”
“People impute great cleverness to cats”
Synonymsimpute ascribe attribute
select something or someone for a specific purpose
“The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise”
Synonymsspecify set apart
attribute or give
“She put too much emphasis on her the last statement”
“He put all his efforts into this job”
Synonymsput
make undue claims to having
Synonymsarrogate
transfer one's right to
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
“The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class”
Synonymsattribute

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University