ASSIGNING Synonyms: 147 Similar and Opposite Words

assigning

verb

present participle of assign

as in entrusting

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

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as in allotting

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

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as in ceding

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

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expropriating

as in appointing

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

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Recent Examples of assigning Build these horizontal connections by assigning a marketing person to each department and eliminating ambiguity. — Andrey Insarov, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 In Brazil, a 32-year-old woman reportedly died after an AI system for assigning hospital beds left her waiting five days to be transferred to an intensive care unit. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 15 July 2026 Markets, however, continue to price in an increase later this year, with traders assigning a 63% probability that rates will be a quarter- or half-percentage point higher following the September meeting. — Yun Li, CNBC, 14 July 2026 SceneSmith can even generate new 3D objects, assigning them realistic physical properties such as weight, friction, and movement. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026 Biogen’s study included people with mild cognitive impairment or mild Alzheimer’s, randomly assigning them to different doses of diranersen or a placebo. — Lauran Neergaard, Fortune, 14 July 2026 Biogen’s tau drug was encouraging Biogen’s study included people with mild cognitive impairment or mild Alzheimer’s, randomly assigning them to different doses of diranersen or a placebo. — Lauran Neergaard, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026 Healthy user bias is very difficult to scrub out of observational studies, which compare people as they are treated in real life rather than assigning the drug at random. — Ziyad Al-Aly, The Conversation, 13 July 2026 The department is assigning additional officers to supplement the bicycle officers who already patrol the pathway seven days a week. — Emily Carmela Nelson, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2026

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Of course, entrusting waste management to gangsters and racketeers has repercussions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 July 2026
Vance is still the default nominee, and Trump entrusting him with an Iran deal that could make or break his presidency is a sign of Vance’s clout, the person added.

— Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 28 June 2026

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Inevitably, team evil has cooler powers, like Sindel’s scream and Kung Lao’s hat of doom, but in addition to allotting an inordinate amount of its combat time to Shao Kahn, who’s just a hulking guy with a hammer, the movie’s big visual idea is characters blasting one another with beams.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 May 2026
The framework proposes allotting $20 million of it to the Rays.

— Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026

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These ideas—of ceding ground, of viewing another as infinite rather than as a means to address our own unfreedom—are of no use to the industries and technologies that treat the face as a display commodity before all else.

— Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026
However, there is some resistance in Australia at the prospect of ceding control to IPL franchises who have already accumulated clubs across England, South Africa, the West Indies, the UAE and in the United States via Major League Cricket.

— Dominic Fifield, New York Times, 10 July 2026

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Arizona appointed Eugene Livar as its first chief heat officer in 2024, tasking him with oversight of the state's extreme heat preparedness plan.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 8 July 2026
This year, the county board has affirmed its intention to use little to no reserves to balance the fiscal year 2027 budget, tasking members with finding other ways to balance it.

— Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026

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Envelope budgeting is a technique used to limit spending by allocating cash to specific spending categories, like dining out, shopping or groceries.

— Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Despite the City Council allocating $364 million, the Police Department still needs more funding to cover pending legal settlements, according to Lucas.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026

Definition of allocating

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The school felt he was obligated to honor that deal, which prompted a lawsuit in order that attempted to bar him from transferring.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
The $250 million the state is transferring into the fiscal year 2027 budget represents the starting point for state revenue in the new fiscal year.

— Clark Corbin, Idaho Statesman, 18 July 2026

Definition of transferring

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Multiple candidates have already hopped into the race to replace him, though the process for nominating a new candidate remains largely unclear.

— Garrett Downs, CNBC, 9 July 2026
He’s gravitated toward Democrats with a record of performing well statewide, and party leaders fear nominating someone too far outside the mainstream in Maine, one of the top Senate battlegrounds of the 2026 cycle.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 7 July 2026

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