ASSIGNS Synonyms: 146 Similar and Opposite Words

assigns

verb

present tense third-person singular of assign

as in tasks

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 allots

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

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as in cedes

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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as in appoints

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 assigns Commencing an investigation, Bernal unwittingly assigns Dahlia and his nephew Charlie, an ex-cop and Dahlia’s ex-lover, leading to a fraught reunion. —

Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 May 2026 Under current law the Legislature cannot, merely by passing a bill, grant to the attorney general prosecutorial authority that the Texas constitution expressly assigns to district attorneys. —

Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026 Commencing an investigation, Bernal unwittingly assigns Dahlia and his nephew Charlie, an ex-cop and Dahlia’s ex-lover, leading to a fraught reunion. —

Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 May 2026 At the top, System 3 acts as a fleet-level agent that assigns goals, integrates with facility management systems, and coordinates tasks across wheeled and bipedal robots. —

Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026 To do this, the model uses various metrics and assigns a projection to each player to show their impact on a single game. —

Austin Mock, New York Times, 8 May 2026 Kang assigns it in Light and Thread. —

Literary Hub, 4 May 2026 But Manus actually incorporates multiple AI agents to perform and verify tasks, including a planner agent that assigns tasks and an executor agent that can browse and interact with websites, create spreadsheets, use various software tools, and even code new applications. —

ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026 By default, Meta assigns Teen Accounts to all users under 16. —

Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 23 Apr. 2026

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The law also tasks museums with the mission to research provenance within their collections.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 8 May 2026
The law tasks districts that adopt prayer periods with obtaining parental consent for students to participate.

— Haajrah Gilani, Houston Chronicle, 7 May 2026