assign

Pronunciation: /əˈsaɪn/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
  2. verb give out
  3. verb attribute or credit to

Etymology

From Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, asigner, from Latin assignō, from ad- + signō (“mark, sign”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

delegate, designate, depute

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
appoint
Narrower (hyponyms)
cast, place, delegate, mandate

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