Assign

v. allot, apportion; appoint; (Law) transfer one's (right, property, agreement, interest) to

Assignment may refer to:Assignment (computer science), modification of the value of a variable in a computer programAssignment (education) and extra work assigned to be completed by the assignee at home (see also coursework)Assignment (law), transfer of rights or property from one person or entity to anotherAssignment (mathematical logic), auxiliary notionAssignment problem, finding a maximum weight matching in a weighted bipartite graphThe Assignment, 1997 film directed by Christian Duguay and starring Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, and Ben Kingsley"The Assignment" (DS9 episode), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode
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Verb
1. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
(synonym) delegate, designate, depute
(hypernym) appoint, charge
(hyponym) mandate
(derivation) assignment, duty assignment
2. give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms"
(synonym) allot, portion
(hypernym) distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
(hyponym) allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve
(derivation) allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
3. attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
(synonym) impute, ascribe, attribute
(hypernym) judge
(hyponym) impute
(verb-group) impute
4. select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
(synonym) specify, set apart
(hypernym) choose, take, select, pick out
(hyponym) dedicate
(derivation) assignment
5. 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"
(synonym) put
(hypernym) use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
(hyponym) repose
6. make undue claims to having
(synonym) arrogate
(hypernym) claim, lay claim, arrogate
7. transfer one's right to
(hypernym) transfer
(derivation) grant, assignment
8. decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"
(synonym) attribute
(hypernym) judge
(hyponym) relegate, classify
(derivation) assignment, assigning

(v.)
A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
  

(v. t.)
To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors.
  

(v. t.)
To fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel for a prisoner; to assign a day for trial.
  

(v. t.)
To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.
  

(n.)
A person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns.
  

To give, to transfer responsibility, to another. - (read more on Assign)