| assignment | | |
| n. (act) | 1. assignment, duty assignment | a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces).; "hazardous duty" |
| ~ duty | work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons.; "the duties of the job" |
| ~ guard duty, sentry duty, sentry go, guard | the duty of serving as a sentry.; "he was on guard that night" |
| ~ fatigue duty, fatigue | labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on).; "the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson"; "they were assigned to kitchen fatigues" |
| ~ mission, charge, commission | a special assignment that is given to a person or group.; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message" |
| ~ reassignment | assignment to a different duty. |
| ~ sea-duty, service abroad, shipboard duty | naval service aboard a ship at sea. |
| ~ shore duty | naval service at land bases. |
| n. (communication) | 2. assignment | the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another. |
| ~ legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument | (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (act) | 3. assigning, assignment | the act of distributing something to designated places or persons.; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum" |
| ~ storage allocation, allocation | (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions. |
| ~ distribution | the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning. |
| n. (possession) | 4. assignment, grant | (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ transferred possession, transferred property | a possession whose ownership changes or lapses. |
| ~ apanage, appanage | a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family.; "bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families" |
| ~ land grant | a grant of public land (as to a railway or college). |
| n. (act) | 5. assignment | an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor). |
| ~ school assignment, schoolwork | a school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher. |
| ~ project, task, undertaking, labor | any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.; "he prepared for great undertakings" |
| ~ writing assignment, written assignment | an assignment to write something. |
| n. (act) | 6. appointment, assignment, designation, naming | the act of putting a person into a non-elective position.; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee" |
| ~ decision, determination, conclusion | the act of making up your mind about something.; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly" |
| ~ nomination | the act of officially naming a candidate.; "the Republican nomination for Governor" |
| ~ co-optation, co-option | the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent). |
| ~ delegacy | the appointment of a delegate. |
| ~ ordinance, ordination | the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders.; "the rabbi's family was present for his ordination" |
| ~ recognition | designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body.; "he was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman" |
| allot | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. allot, assign, portion | give out.; "We were assigned new uniforms" |
| ~ appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve, allow | give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause.; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day" |
| ~ allocate, apportion | distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose.; "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis"; "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip" |
| ~ deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, mete out, parcel out, shell out, lot, administer, allot, deal | administer or bestow, as in small portions.; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" |
| v. (possession) | 2. accord, allot, grant | allow to have.; "grant a privilege" |
| ~ give | accord by verdict.; "give a decision for the plaintiff" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| ~ enfranchise | grant voting rights. |
| v. (possession) | 3. administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out | administer or bestow, as in small portions.; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| ~ allot, portion, assign | give out.; "We were assigned new uniforms" |
| ~ reallot | allot again.; "They were realloted additional farm land" |
| ~ deal | distribute cards to the players in a game.; "Who's dealing?" |
| ~ apply, give | give or convey physically.; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose" |
| assign | | |
| v. (social) | 1. assign, delegate, depute, designate | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). |
| ~ mandate | assign authority to. |
| ~ cast | select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet.; "He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona" |
| ~ post | assign to a post; put into a post.; "The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu" |
| ~ cast | assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors.; "Who cast this beautiful movie?" |
| ~ devolve | pass on or delegate to another.; "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital" |
| ~ task | assign a task to.; "I tasked him with looking after the children" |
| ~ place | place somebody in a particular situation or location.; "he was placed on probation" |
| ~ regiment | assign to a regiment.; "regiment soldiers" |
| ~ reassign, transfer | transfer somebody to a different position or location of work. |
| ~ delegate, depute | transfer power to someone. |
| ~ mandate | assign under a mandate.; "mandate a colony" |
| ~ elevate, kick upstairs, promote, upgrade, advance, raise | give a promotion to or assign to a higher position.; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" |
| ~ demote, kick downstairs, relegate, bump, break | assign to a lower position; reduce in rank.; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" |
| ~ appoint, charge | assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to.; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance" |
| ~ place | assign to (a job or a home). |
| v. (cognition) | 2. ascribe, assign, attribute, impute | attribute or credit to.; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats" |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ impute | attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness" |
| ~ impute | attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness" |
| ~ carnalize, sensualize | ascribe to an origin in sensation. |
| ~ credit | give someone credit for something.; "We credited her for saving our jobs" |
| ~ reattribute | attribute to another source. |
| ~ anthropomorphise, anthropomorphize | ascribe human features to something. |
| ~ personate, personify | attribute human qualities to something.; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous" |
| ~ credit, accredit | ascribe an achievement to.; "She was not properly credited in the program" |
| ~ blame, charge | attribute responsibility to.; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience" |
| ~ externalise, externalize, project | regard as objective. |
| ~ interiorise, interiorize, internalise, internalize | incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal.; "internalize a belief" |
| v. (cognition) | 3. assign, set apart, specify | select something or someone for a specific purpose.; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise" |
| ~ choose, pick out, select, take | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives.; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" |
| ~ dedicate | set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church. |
| ~ detail | assign to a specific task.; "The ambulances were detailed to the fire station" |
| v. (consumption) | 4. assign, put | 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" |
| ~ apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize | put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose.; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer" |
| ~ repose | put or confide something in a person or thing.; "These philosophers reposed the law in the people" |
| v. (possession) | 5. arrogate, assign | make undue claims to having. |
| ~ arrogate, lay claim, claim | demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to.; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident" |
| v. (possession) | 6. assign | transfer one's right to. |
| ~ transfer | cause to change ownership.; "I transferred my stock holdings to my children" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. assign, attribute | decide as to where something belongs in a scheme.; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class" |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ classify, relegate | assign to a class or kind.; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms" |
| depute | | |
| v. (social) | 1. delegate, depute | transfer power to someone. |
| ~ assign, delegate, designate, depute | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). |
| v. (social) | 2. depute, deputise, deputize | appoint as a substitute. |
| ~ appoint, charge | assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to.; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance" |
| set aside | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. allow, appropriate, earmark, reserve, set aside | give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause.; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day" |
| ~ allot, portion, assign | give out.; "We were assigned new uniforms" |
| v. (change) | 2. set aside, suspend | make inoperative or stop.; "suspend payments on the loan" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
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