English > assign: 8 senses > verb 1, socialMeaning | Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) . |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP |
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Model | They assign him to write the letter |
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Synonyms | delegate, designate, depute |
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Narrower | cast | select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet |
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cast | Assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors |
delegate, depute | transfer power to someone |
demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs | Assign to a lower position |
devolve | Pass on or delegate to another |
mandate | Assign authority to |
mandate | Assign under a mandate |
place | Assign to (a job or a home) |
place | place somebody in a particular situation or location |
post | Assign to a post |
promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate | Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position |
regiment | Assign to a regiment |
task | Assign a task to |
transfer, reassign | transfer somebody to a different position or location of work |
Broader | appoint, charge | Assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to |
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Spanish | asignar, atribuir, delegar, designar |
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Catalan | assignar, delegar, designar |
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Nouns | assignment | a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces) |
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assignment | the act of putting a person into a non-elective position |
English > assign: 8 senses > verb 2, possessionMeaning | Give out. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
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Model | They assign cars to the tourists; They assign the tourists their cars |
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Example | "We were assigned new uniforms" |
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Synonyms | allot, portion |
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Narrower | allocate, apportion | Distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose |
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allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve | Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause |
Broader | distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out | Administer or bestow, as in small portions |
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Spanish | adjudicar, asignar, destinar, repartir |
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Catalan | adjudicar, assignar, destinar |
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Nouns | assignation | the act of distributing by allotting / allotting or apportioning |
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English > assign: 8 senses > verb 3, cognitionMeaning | Attribute or credit to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s something PP |
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Synonyms | impute, ascribe, attribute |
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Narrower | accredit, credit | ascribe an achievement to |
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anthropomorphize, anthropomorphise | ascribe human features to something |
blame, charge | Attribute responsibility to |
credit | Give someone credit for something |
impute | Attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source |
internalize, internalise, interiorize, interiorise | incorporate within oneself |
personify, personate | Attribute human qualities to something |
project, externalize, externalise | regard as objective |
reattribute | Attribute to another source |
sensualize, carnalize | ascribe to an origin in sensation |
Broader | evaluate, pass judgment, judge | form a critical opinion of |
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Similar to | impute | Attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source |
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Spanish | achacar, adjudicar, adscribir, asignar, atribuir, destinar, imputar |
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Catalan | adjudicar, adscriure, allevar, atribuir, destinar, imputar |
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English > assign: 8 senses > verb 4, cognitionMeaning | select something or someone for a specific purpose. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
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Example | "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise" |
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Synonyms | specify, set apart |
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Narrower | dedicate | set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church |
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detail | Assign to a specific task |
Broader | choose, take, select, pick out | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives |
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Spanish | asignar, designar, destinar, diferenciar, especificar |
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Catalan | assignar, diferenciar, especificar |
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Nouns | assignment | an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) |
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