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assignment

9 definitions • 17 examples
1
a piece of work given to someone, typically as part of their studies or job:

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a freelance/photo assignment
I have a lot of reading assignments to complete before the end of term.
2
a job that someone is sent somewhere to do:

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a foreign/diplomatic assignment
3
Someone who is on assignment is doing a particular job or piece of work, usually in a particular place where they have been sent for a period of time:

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Both journalists were killed while on assignment in the region.
4
the process of giving a particular job or piece of work to someone, or of sending someone to a chosen place to do a job:

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assignment of the various tasks
5
a particular job or responsibility given to you:

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[ C ] The homework assignment was to read Chapter 2 in our history book.
6
a task or a piece of work that is given to someone to do, often for a limited period of time:

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a six-month assignment
Solving the industry's infrastructure problems while satisfying shareholders is going to be a tough assignment.
give sb an assignment Our team was given an assignment to find the gaps in the market.
accept/refuse/take on an assignment
carry out/complete/finish an assignment
global/international/overseas, etc. assignment One of his first overseas assignments was as a junior in a delegation to Moscow.
Assessment for the course will be based on four written assignments and a final examination.
7
the process of giving someone a particular job, task, or responsibility:

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8
the act of giving something that belongs to you, such as a property or a financial agreement, to somebody else:

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The Agreement will terminate automatically in the event of its assignment.
The assignment of a legal lease must be in the form of a deed to be effective.
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someone who is on assignment is doing a job in a particular place, usually for an agreed amount of time:

Examples:

The photographer died while on assignment in the war zone.

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