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Detailed Synonyms for assign in English

assign:

to assign verbe (assigns, assigned, assigning)

  1. to assign
    to assign; to allocate; to confer; to allot; bestow on; to give
    • assign verbe (assigns, assigned, assigning)
    • allocate verbe (allocates, allocated, allocating)
    • confer verbe (confers, conferred, conferring)
    • allot verbe (allots, alloted, alloting)
    • bestow on verbe
    • give verbe (gives, gave, giving)
  2. to assign
    to assign
    • assign verbe (assigns, assigned, assigning)
  3. to assign
    – select something or someone for a specific purpose 1
    to assign; to specify; to set apart
    – select something or someone for a specific purpose 1
    • assign verbe (assigns, assigned, assigning)
      • The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise1
    • specify verbe (specifies, specified, specifying)
    • set apart verbe (sets apart, set apart, setting apart)
  4. to assign
    – attribute or credit to 1
    to attribute; to assign; to ascribe; to impute
    – attribute or credit to 1
    • attribute verbe (attributes, attributed, attributing)
      • We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare1
    • assign verbe (assigns, assigned, assigning)
    • ascribe verbe (ascribes, ascribed, ascribing)
    • impute verbe (imputes, imputed, imputing)
      • People impute great cleverness to cats1
  5. to assign
    – decide as to where something belongs in a scheme 1
    to attribute; to assign
    – decide as to where something belongs in a scheme 1
    • attribute verbe (attributes, attributed, attributing)
    • assign verbe (assigns, assigned, assigning)
      • The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class1
  6. to assign
    – attribute or give 1
    to assign; to put
    – attribute or give 1
    • assign verbe (assigns, assigned, assigning)
    • put verbe (puts, put, putting)
      • She put too much emphasis on her the last statement1
      • He put all his efforts into this job1
      • The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story1
  7. to assign
    – transfer one's right to 1
    to assign
    – transfer one's right to 1
    • assign verbe (assigns, assigned, assigning)
  8. to assign
    – give out 1
    to assign; to allot; portion
    – give out 1
    • assign verbe (assigns, assigned, assigning)
      • We were assigned new uniforms1
    • allot verbe (allots, alloted, alloting)
    • portion verbe
  9. to assign
    – make undue claims to having 1
    to assign; to arrogate
    – make undue claims to having 1
    • assign verbe (assigns, assigned, assigning)
    • arrogate verbe (arrogates, arrogated, arrogating)
  10. to assign
    – give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) 1
    to assign; to delegate; designate; to depute
    – give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) 1
    • assign verbe (assigns, assigned, assigning)
    • delegate verbe (delegates, delegated, delegating)
    • designate verbe
    • depute verbe (deputes, deputed, deputing)
  11. to assign
    – To fix or specify in correspondence or relationship. 2
    to assign
    – To fix or specify in correspondence or relationship. 2
    • assign verbe (assigns, assigned, assigning)
  12. to assign
    – To specify the owner of a record, such as an account or case, or an activity, such as an e-mail message or phone call. Users can assign cases and activities to either a user or a queue. 2
    to assign
    – To specify the owner of a record, such as an account or case, or an activity, such as an e-mail message or phone call. Users can assign cases and activities to either a user or a queue. 2
    • assign verbe (assigns, assigned, assigning)

Conjugations for assign:

present
  1. assign
  2. assign
  3. assigns
  4. assign
  5. assign
  6. assign
simple past
  1. assigned
  2. assigned
  3. assigned
  4. assigned
  5. assigned
  6. assigned
present perfect
  1. have assigned
  2. have assigned
  3. has assigned
  4. have assigned
  5. have assigned
  6. have assigned
past continuous
  1. was assigning
  2. were assigning
  3. was assigning
  4. were assigning
  5. were assigning
  6. were assigning
future
  1. shall assign
  2. will assign
  3. will assign
  4. shall assign
  5. will assign
  6. will assign
continuous present
  1. am assigning
  2. are assigning
  3. is assigning
  4. are assigning
  5. are assigning
  6. are assigning
subjunctive
  1. be assigned
  2. be assigned
  3. be assigned
  4. be assigned
  5. be assigned
  6. be assigned
diverse
  1. assign!
  2. let's assign!
  3. assigned
  4. assigning
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "assign":

  1. select something or someone for a specific purpose1
    • The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise1
  2. attribute or credit to1
  3. decide as to where something belongs in a scheme1
    • The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class1
  4. attribute or give1
  5. transfer one's right to1
  6. give out1
    • We were assigned new uniforms1
  7. make undue claims to having1
  8. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)1
  9. To fix or specify in correspondence or relationship.2
  10. To specify the owner of a record, such as an account or case, or an activity, such as an e-mail message or phone call. Users can assign cases and activities to either a user or a queue.2

Related Synonyms for assign