assign

noun

1. An assignee.

2. (obsolete) A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.

verb

1. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

Similar word(s): delegate, depute, designate

Definition categories: social, appoint, charge

2. give out

- We were assigned new uniforms

Similar word(s): allot, portion

Definition categories: possession, administer, allot, deal, dispense, distribute, lot

3. attribute or credit to

Similar word(s): ascribe, attribute, impute

Definition categories: cognition, evaluate, judge

4. select something or someone for a specific purpose

- The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise

Similar word(s): specify

Definition categories: cognition, choose, select, take

5. attribute or give

Similar word(s): put

Definition categories: consumption, apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize

6. make undue claims to having

Similar word(s): arrogate

Definition categories: possession, arrogate, claim

7. transfer one's right to

Definition categories: possession, transfer

8. decide as to where something belongs in a scheme

- The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class

Similar word(s): attribute

Definition categories: cognition, evaluate, judge