assign

Verbs

  • (v) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) delegate, designate, depute,
  • (v) give out
    • We were assigned new uniforms
    allot, portion,
  • (v) attribute or credit to
    • We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare
    • People impute great cleverness to cats
    ascribe, attribute, impute,
  • (v) select something or someone for a specific purpose
    • The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise
    set apart, specify,
  • (v) 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
    put,
  • (v) make undue claims to having arrogate,
  • (v) transfer one's right to
  • (v) decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
    • The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class
    attribute,

Synonyms

delegate designate depute allot portion ascribe attribute impute set apart specify put arrogate

Words of close approximity

assist assize
assignable assignation assigned assignee assigning assignment assignor