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assign

/əˈsaɪn/

noun

Meaning

  • An assignee.

  • A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.

  • An assignment or appointment.

  • A design or purpose.

verb

Meaning

  • To designate or set apart something for some purpose.

    "to assign a day for trial"

  • To appoint or select someone for some office.

    "to assign counsel for a prisoner"

  • To allot or give something as a task.

  • To attribute or sort something into categories.

  • To transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another.

  • To give (a value) to a variable.

    "We assign 100 to x."

Synonyms

allocate,
earmark,
consign,
convey