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| 1. | [ verb ] give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | |
| Synonyms: | designate delegate depute | |
| Related terms: | appoint place transfer delegate promote demote cast mandate post place cast mandate devolve regiment task assignment appointment delegate delegating delegacy | |
| 2. | [ verb ] give out | |
| Synonyms: | allot portion | |
| Examples: | "We were assigned new uniforms" |
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| Related terms: | distribute allow allocate parcel | |
| 3. | [ verb ] attribute to a source or cause | |
| Synonyms: | regard_as think_of attribute look_upon ascribe impute take_to_be repute look_on esteem | |
| Examples: | "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare" |
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| Related terms: | think judge blame credit accredit internalize project reattribute sensualize personify anthropomorphize repute reputation | |
| 4. | [ verb ] attribute or credit to | |
| Synonyms: | attribute impute ascribe | |
| Examples: | "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare" "People impute great cleverness to cats" |
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| Related terms: | judge blame credit accredit internalize project anthropomorphize reattribute personify impute sensualize attribution | |
| 5. | [ verb ] select something or someone for a specific purpose | |
| Synonyms: | set_apart specify | |
| Examples: | "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise" |
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| Related terms: | choose detail dedicate specification | |
| 6. | [ verb ] put something on or into (abstractly) assign; | |
| Synonyms: | put | |
| Examples: | "She put 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" |
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| Related terms: | use repose | |
| 7. | [ verb ] decide as to where something belongs in a scheme | |
| Synonyms: | attribute | |
| Examples: | "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class" |
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| Related terms: | judge classify attribution | |
| 8. | [ verb ] make undue claims to having | |
| Synonyms: | ascribe arrogate | |
| Related terms: | claim arrogator | |
| 9. | [ verb ] transfer one's right to | |
| Related terms: | transfer grant | |
| Similar spelling: |
assignor assignee assigned assigning |
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