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 But because researchers observed eating habits rather than assigning diets, the study could not prove the MIND diet itself prevented decline. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026 While a boss may focus on assigning tasks, meeting deadlines and hitting performance goals, leaders think beyond their to-do lists. — Alyshia Hull, USA Today, 24 July 2026 The impact could be similar to assigning a personal banker to each retail client without adding FTEs. — Michael Abbott, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 Still, some college professors have adapted by assigning less reading and lowering their expectations of students. — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 23 July 2026 More recently, scholars tend to be less comfortable assigning full or partial blame to the Sea Peoples for the Bronze Age Collapse. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 20 July 2026 California regulators fined Sunrise $120,000 for failing to protect Cecchetto and for not taking Timaloa's articulated dislike of noise into account when assigning rooms. — Jordan Rau, NPR, 19 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

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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

Definition of entrusting

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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

Definition of allotting

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Nola has surrendered 23 home runs in 20 starts, coughing up multiple homers in five of his last seven turns, and ceding one in one of the outlier contests.

— Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Democrats, on the other hand, have lacked the leadership and political power to deliver solutions, effectively ceding the issue to their political rivals.

— Ken Salazar, Time, 20 July 2026

Definition of ceding

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Earlier attempts at appointing an AI CEO—NetDragon's virtual executive Tang Yu or Dictador's humanoid CEO Mika—never approached real autonomy; both functioned largely as decision-support experiments.

— Victor Dey, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Keegan managed Shearer both at Newcastle and England, immediately appointing his striker as captain for the national team.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of appointing

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Earlier this year, Netchex bought the company for an undisclosed sum, tasking Mesh’s founders with putting AI to work on common HR problems.

— David Prosser, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
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

Definition of tasking

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Leaders add value by asking better questions, widening perspectives, connecting people, allocating resources and removing the obstacles that slow great work.

— Brent McHugh, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
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

Definition of allocating

Verb

Rather than transferring the whiskeys into entirely different finishing barrels, toasted pieces of American and French oak are placed into their existing barrels, allowing the whiskey to extract additional flavors from the wood.

— Emily Price, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
There’s even a tire failure-detection system that helps stabilize the car by transferring torque across the remaining wheels in milliseconds.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 July 2026

Definition of transferring

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Some moderate Democrats fear nominating El-Sayed would put their party's hold on the Michigan Senate seat in jeopardy.

— Jay Stahl, USA Today, 20 July 2026
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

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