1. assignment - noun
· a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces); "hazardous duty"
Synonym(s): duty_assignment
Hypernym(s): duty
2. assignment - noun
· the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
Hypernym(s): legal_document, legal_instrument, official_document, instrument
3. assignment - noun
· the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"
Synonym(s): assigning
Hypernym(s): distribution
4. assignment - noun
· (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
Synonym(s): grant
Hypernym(s): transferred_property, transferred_possession
5. assignment - noun
· an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
Hypernym(s): undertaking, project, task, labor
6. assignment - noun
· the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
Synonym(s): appointment, designation, naming
Hypernym(s): decision, determination, conclusion
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