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

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assign

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


Babylon English-CzechDownload this dictionary
assign
v. vyčlenit

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assign
Czas. wyznaczać; zadawać; przydzielać; wyznaczać

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Assign
(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.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About