Assign

Quick meaning: Assign is a verb meaning (transitive) To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose.

Meaning

(transitive) To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To appoint or select (someone) for some office.
2. (transitive) To allot or give (something) as a task.
3. (transitive) To attribute or sort (something) into categories.
4. (transitive, law) To transfer (property, a legal right, etc.) from one person to another.
5. (transitive, programming) To give (a value) to a variable.
6. An assignee.
7. (obsolete) A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.

Example Sentences

We assign 100 to x.

to assign a day for trial

to assign counsel for a prisoner

The King ſir hath wagerd with him ſix Barbary horſes, againgſt the which hee has impaund as I take it ſix French Rapiers and Poynards, with their aſſignes, as girdle, hanger and ſo.

Word Forms

• assigns
• assigning
• assigned

Synonyms for assign

Depending on context, synonyms include allocate, earmark, consign, convey, commission, arrogate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include allot, portion, depute, put, delegate, ascribe.

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