1. assign - verb
· give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
Synonym(s): delegate, designate, depute
2. assign - verb
· give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"
Hypernym(s): distribute, administer, mete_out, deal, parcel_out, lot, dispense, shell_out, deal_out, dish_out, allot, dole_out
3. assign - verb
· attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
Synonym(s): impute, ascribe, attribute
Hypernym(s): evaluate, pass_judgment, judge
4. assign - verb
· select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
Synonym(s): specify, set_apart
Hypernym(s): choose, take, select, pick_out
5. assign - verb
· attribute or give; "She put too 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"
Synonym(s): put
Hypernym(s): use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
6. assign - verb
· make undue claims to having
Synonym(s): arrogate
Hypernym(s): claim, lay_claim, arrogate
7. assign - verb
· transfer one's right to
Hypernym(s): transfer
8. assign - verb
· decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"
Synonym(s): attribute
Hypernym(s): evaluate, pass_judgment, judge
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