CONSIGNED Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

consigned

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past tense of consign

as in sent

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another consigned the prisoner to the dungeon

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as in handed

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another the deliveryman had consigned our package to a next-door neighbor

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Recent Examples of consigned Right around that time, the Venice Film Festival saw Mamoru Hosoda’s anime epic Scarlet, in which the Danish prince became an ass-kicking Danish princess consigned to a hellish and phantasmagoric underworld. —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026 But third base, which had originally been consigned to DJ LeMahieu — who turned out to be finished — was a mess last year, as was the infield defense as a whole, and Cashman was willing to eat all of $32-plus million on McMahon’s contract through 2027 in order to fix it. —

Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026 They were being consigned by the Vergel Foundation, which had been founded by Littman as a way to manage the collection. —

Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 6 Apr. 2026 Most countries would prefer American hegemony to a multipolar world where they are consigned to one of China’s or Russia’s spheres of influence. —

Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026 Yet rather than being consigned to history, many football fans still see Savile as a bogeyman to be weaponised in the name of tribal point-scoring. —

Simon Hughes, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026 But most State of the Union speeches are consigned to oblivion as soon as they’re delivered, remembered only by the speechwriters who spent weeks coming up with the right applause lines and turns of phrase. —

Michael Collins, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026 Now, the 200-acre grounds are transformed into a massive automotive showcase with 900,000 square feet of tents that house thousands of vehicles consigned for auction. —

Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026 Rom-coms are largely relegated to streaming, and even more disproportionately consigned to holiday fare. —

Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 19 Dec. 2025

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Bieber has had clashes with the paparazzi, and has sent ambiguous messages over social media hinting at his sorrow.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
The game went to extras after the Red Sox couldn’t score in the bottom of the ninth, but after Garrett Whitlock sent the Tigers down 1-2-3 in the top of the 10th, Boston only needed a base hit with the game-winning ghost runner starting the inning at second base.

— Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026