assign
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
assign/əˈsʌɪn/
▶verb
- 1 allocate (a task or duty) to someone.
■ appoint to a particular task.
- 2 designate or set aside for a specific purpose.
■ attribute (something) to a group or person.
- 3 transfer (legal rights or liabilities).
– derivatives
assignable adjective,
assigner (also assignor) noun.
assignable adjective,
assigner (also assignor) noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. asigner, assiner, from L. assignare, from ad- ‘to’ + signare ‘to sign’.
'assign' also found in these Oxford entries:
addicted
- allocate
- appoint
- apportion
- attorney
- attribute
- blame
- brand
- cast
- class
- classify
- code
- dedicate
- depute
- detail
- entrust
- father
- fix
- foster
- function key
- give
- impute
- label
- localize
- mandate
- misdate
- number
- paginate
- pigeonhole
- post-date
- put
- rate
- reassign
- relegate
- remap
- retribution
- roster
- serotype
- shrive
- stage
- station
- task
- tribute
- weight
- zone
