assign

Definition of the verb assign


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