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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Relevance

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 The problem emerged when FIFA began assigning actual seat locations. —

Corey Martin, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 As of Friday, the market is assigning a 42% chance of no rate cuts by year-end, a 41% chance of a quarter-point hike, and a 15% chance of two hikes, according to the CME FedWatch Tool . —

Kevin Stankiewicz,zev Fima, CNBC, 25 May 2026 In 2018, the Latino Action Network and the New Jersey chapter of the NAACP, among other plaintiffs, filed a suit arguing that the state’s system of assigning students based on their residence has created racially segregated schools. —

Annie Ma, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026 After four years of such calls, these front-line mental health care workers have learned how to diffuse such situations, in this case, providing contacts for local therapists likely to be able to meet quickly and assigning a case manager to start the process of restoring Medi-Cal coverage. —

Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026 The pilot’s core objective was to quantify the impact of assigning a unique digital identity to each item. —

Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 14 May 2026 The organization claimed Republicans rushed the process and erred in assigning the neighborhood’s voting precinct to two congressional districts. —

Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2026 Starting the following year, in 2022, records show that Fortune offered Agan a role supporting new teachers rather than assigning him his own classroom. —

Holly McDede, ProPublica, 12 May 2026 Vulture is organized in large part by subject, with editors in charge of each coverage area who handle freelance assigning for that beat. —

Vulture Editors, Vulture, 12 May 2026

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There’s a similar mismatch happening with fourth lines in the series, too, with Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour entrusting William Carrier, Mark Jankowski and Eric Robinson with key minutes and being rewarded with three key goals already in this series.

— James Mirtle, New York Times, 26 May 2026
What to read next NASA also wants SpaceX and Blue Origin to fully demonstrate successful uncrewed touchdowns on the moon, and liftoffs back to lunar orbit, before entrusting the lives of astronauts aboard the landers.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 8 May 2026