26984 words

assigning

8 definitions • 8 examples
1
present participle of
2
to give a particular job or piece of work to someone:

Examples:

[ + two objects ] UN troops were assigned the task of rebuilding the hospital.
The case has been assigned to our most senior officer.
3
If you assign a time for a job or activity, you decide it will be done during that time:

Examples:

Have you assigned a day for the interviews yet?
4
If you assign a characteristic or value to something, you say that it has it:

Examples:

Each visitor to the site chooses an online alter ego, which is assigned a name.
5
to decide a reason for something:

Examples:

6
to send someone somewhere to do a job:

Examples:

She was assigned to the newspaper's Berlin office.
7
to put a value in a particular position in the memory of a computer
8
to give property, money, or rights using a legal process:

Examples:

Her property was assigned to her grandchildren.

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