Meaning

• The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.

  "This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee."

• The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.

  "We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers."

• An assigned task.

  "The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging."

• A position to which someone is assigned.

  "Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion."

• A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.

  "Mrs Smith gave out our assignments, and said we had to finish them by Monday."

• A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.

  "The assignment of the lease has not been finalised yet."

• A document that effects this transfer.

  "Once you receive the assignment in the post, be sure to sign it and send it back as soon as possible."

• An operation that assigns a value to a variable.