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verb

Definition of ASSIGN

1

to give a task, duty, or responsibility to <assigned the class with the task of finding something in the state constitution they felt needed changing>

Synonyms assign, charge, commission, task, trust

Related Words confer, impose; commit, confide, consign, delegate, recommend, relegate, repose; allocate, allot; authorize, empower, invest

2

to give as a share or portion <each new employee is assigned a cubicle and a computer>

Synonyms allocate, allow, apportion, assign, distribute, lot, ration

Related Words admeasure, administer, deal, dispense, divide, dole out, hand out, measure, mete (out), meter, parcel (out), part, portion, prorate, share (out), split; accord, award, give, grant; earmark, reserve; chip in, contribute, donate; reallocate, reapportion, reassign, redistribute

Near Antonyms begrudge, deny, deprive (of); keep, retain, stint, withhold; appropriate, arrogate, confiscate

3

to give over the legal possession or ownership of <assigned all rights to and royalties from the song to the Boy Scouts>

Synonyms alien, alienate, assign, cede, convey, deed, make over

Related Words bequeath, hand down, leave, pass (down), will; bestow, commend, commit, confer, contribute, deliver, donate, grant, hand over, move, pass, present, release, relinquish, surrender, transmit, turn in, turn over, vest, yield; consign, entrust (also intrust), trust; lease, lend, let [chiefly British], loan, rent

Near Antonyms expropriate

4

to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty <the mayor assigned the panel with the task of luring a major sports franchise to the city>

Synonyms assign, attach, commission, constitute, designate, detail, name, nominate, place

Related Words authorize, delegate, depute, deputize; anoint, consecrate, create, inaugurate, induct, install, instate, institute, invest, make, ordain; crown, enthrone, throne; choose, destine, draft, elect, handpick, select, single (out), vote (in)

Near Antonyms blackball, depose, dethrone, displace, eject, evict, oust, overthrow, remove, throw out, uncrown, unmake, unseat

Antonyms discharge, dismiss, expel, fire