VERB | social | assign, delegate, designate, depute | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) |
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possession | assign, allot, portion | give out | |
cognition | assign, impute, ascribe, attribute | attribute or credit to | |
cognition | assign, specify, set apart | select something or someone for a specific purpose | |
consumption | assign, put | attribute or give | |
possession | assign, arrogate | make undue claims to having | |
possession | assign | transfer one's right to | |
cognition | assign, attribute | decide as to where something belongs in a scheme |
Sounds | ahsay'n | |
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Rhymes | affine ... wine: 145 rhymes with ayn... |
Meaning | 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 | |
Model | They assign him to write the letter | |
Synonyms | delegate, designate, depute | |
Narrower | cast | select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet |
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 |
Spanish | asignar, atribuir, delegar, designar | |
Catalan | assignar, delegar, designar | |
Nouns | assignment | a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces) |
assignment | the act of putting a person into a non-elective position |
Meaning | Give out. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
Model | They assign cars to the tourists; They assign the tourists their cars | |
Example | "We were assigned new uniforms" | |
Synonyms | allot, portion | |
Narrower | allocate, apportion | Distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose |
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 |
Spanish | adjudicar, asignar, destinar, repartir | |
Catalan | adjudicar, assignar, destinar | |
Nouns | assignation | the act of distributing by allotting / allotting or apportioning |
Meaning | Attribute or credit to. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Synonyms | impute, ascribe, attribute | |
Narrower | accredit, credit | ascribe an achievement to |
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 |
Similar to | impute | Attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source |
Spanish | achacar, adjudicar, adscribir, asignar, atribuir, destinar, imputar | |
Catalan | adjudicar, adscriure, allevar, atribuir, destinar, imputar |
Meaning | select something or someone for a specific purpose. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Example | "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise" | |
Synonyms | specify, set apart | |
Narrower | dedicate | set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church |
detail | Assign to a specific task | |
Broader | choose, take, select, pick out | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives |
Spanish | asignar, designar, destinar, diferenciar, especificar | |
Catalan | assignar, diferenciar, especificar | |
Nouns | assignment | an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) |
Meaning | Attribute or give. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
Synonym | put | |
Narrower | repose | put or confide something in a person or thing |
Broader | use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ | put into service |
Spanish | poner |
Meaning | make undue claims to having. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
Synonym | arrogate | |
Broader | claim, lay claim, arrogate | demand as being one's due or property |
Spanish | asignarse |
Meaning | transfer one's right to. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
Broader | transfer | Cause to change ownership |
Spanish | asignar | |
Catalan | assignar | |
Adjectives | assignable | legally transferable to the ownership of another |
Nouns | assignee | (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred) |
assignment | the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another | |
assignment | (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance |
Meaning | decide as to where something belongs in a scheme. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
Example | "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class" | |
Synonym | attribute | |
Narrower | relegate, classify | Assign to a class or kind |
Broader | evaluate, pass judgment, judge | form a critical opinion of |
Nouns | assignment | the act of distributing something to designated / designated places or persons |
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