Dictionary entry details
• ASSIGN (verb)
Meaning:
Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
assign; delegate; designate; depute
Hypernyms (to "assign" is one way to...):
appoint; charge (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "assign"):
break; bump; demote; kick downstairs; relegate (assign to a lower position; reduce in rank)
advance; elevate; kick upstairs; promote; raise; upgrade (give a promotion to or assign to a higher position)
mandate (assign under a mandate)
delegate; depute (transfer power to someone)
reassign; transfer (transfer somebody to a different position or location of work)
regiment (assign to a regiment)
place (place somebody in a particular situation or location)
task (assign a task to)
devolve (pass on or delegate to another)
cast (assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors)
post (assign to a post; put into a post)
cast (select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet)
mandate (assign authority to)
place (assign to (a job or a home))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Sentence example:
They assign him to write the letter
Meaning:
Give out or allot
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
allot; portion; assign
Context example:
We were assigned new uniforms
Hypernyms (to "assign" is one way to...):
administer; allot; deal; deal out; dish out; dispense; distribute; dole out; lot; mete out; parcel out; shell out (administer or bestow, as in small portions)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "assign"):
allocate; apportion (distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose)
allow; appropriate; earmark; reserve; set aside (give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sentence examples:
They assign cars to the tourists
They assign the tourists their cars
Meaning:
Attribute or credit to
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
impute; attribute; ascribe; assign
Context examples:
We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare / People impute great cleverness to cats
Hypernyms (to "assign" is one way to...):
evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "assign"):
interiorise; interiorize; internalise; internalize (incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal)
externalise; externalize; project (regard as objective)
blame; charge (attribute responsibility to)
accredit; credit (give credit for)
personate; personify (attribute human qualities to something)
anthropomorphise; anthropomorphize (ascribe human features to something)
reattribute (attribute to another source)
credit (give someone credit for something)
carnalize; sensualize (ascribe to an origin in sensation)
impute (attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Select something or someone for a specific purpose
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
set apart; assign; specify
Context example:
The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise
Hypernyms (to "assign" is one way to...):
choose; pick out; select; take (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "assign"):
dedicate (set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church)
detail (assign to a specific task)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Attribute or give
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
put; assign
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "assign" is one way to...):
apply; employ; use; utilise; utilize (put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "assign"):
repose (put or confide something in a person or thing)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Make undue claims to having
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
arrogate; assign
Hypernyms (to "assign" is one way to...):
arrogate; claim; lay claim (demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Transfer one's right to
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "assign" is one way to...):
transfer (cause to change ownership)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
attribute; assign
Context example:
The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class
Hypernyms (to "assign" is one way to...):
evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "assign"):
classify; relegate (assign to a class or kind)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
