Assign Definition & Meaning
assign
- verb
- give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
- give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"
- attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
- select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
- attribute or give; "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"
- make undue claims to having
- transfer one's right to
- decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"
"Assign" in song lyrics
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Words that rhyme with assign
Usage tips for "assign"
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