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noun as in responsibility, task
Strongest matches
- appointment
Strong matches
noun as in selecting or setting apart
- distribution
- apportionment
- appropriation
- assignation
- attribution
- authorization
- consignment
- designation
- determination
- specification
- stipulation
Example Sentences
Yariel Valdés González and I faced these challenges while on assignment in South Florida and the Deep South from July 21-Aug.
They’re putting time into decoration just as they would in their physical classroom, and students can interact with the space by, say, clicking on a bookshelf to get a reading assignment.
For now, if the district moves to in-person learning, instruction in Carlsbad will take place on campus five days per week and students may engage in additional independent practices and other assignments at home.
The assignments must also respect the relationships between the elements in the group.
It’s very hard, by the way, to do real random assignment studies of couples therapy.
His most recent assignment was the 84th Precinct, at the Brooklyn end of the Brooklyn Bridge.
When Lewis was shipped off to Vietnam, his son was just three months old, and the timing of the assignment worried Lewis.
When Vial got that first assignment, she was just beginning her photography career, and Cirque du Soleil was only a few years old.
“For our winter issue, we gave ourselves one assignment: Break The Internet,” wrote Paper.
By the 1950s the rapid assignment of gender to an ambiguously gendered infant had become standard.
Consent to an assignment may be given by the president of the company, without formal vote by the directors.
A transfer by the lessee of the whole or a part of his interest for a part of the time is a sublease and not an assignment.
An assignment to one who has an insurable interest as relative, creditor and the like, is always valid.
When an assignment of it is made, the assignee may sue in his own name for rent accruing after the assignment.
In some states statutes forbid the assignment of such policies for the benefit of creditors.
Related Words
Words related to assignment are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word assignment . Browse related words to learn more about word associations.
noun as in matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity
- circumstance
- office function
- responsibility
- transaction
- undertaking
noun as in arrangement for meeting; prearranged meeting
- consultation
noun as in job, position of responsibility
- officeholder
- representative
noun as in allocation, setting aside
- setting apart
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Synonyms of assign
- as in to task
- as in to allot
- as in to cede
- as in to appoint
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Thesaurus Definition of assign
Synonyms & Similar Words
- share (out)
- parcel (out)
- redistribute
- reapportion
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- deprive (of)
- appropriate
- pass (down)
- expropriate
- single (out)
Synonym Chooser
How is the word assign different from other verbs like it?
Some common synonyms of assign are ascribe , attribute , credit , and impute . While all these words mean "to lay something to the account of a person or thing," assign implies ascribing with certainty or after deliberation.
In what contexts can ascribe take the place of assign ?
The synonyms ascribe and assign are sometimes interchangeable, but ascribe suggests an inferring or conjecturing of cause, quality, authorship.
How is attribute related to other words for assign ?
Attribute suggests less tentativeness than ascribe , less definiteness than assign .
Where would credit be a reasonable alternative to assign ?
In some situations, the words credit and assign are roughly equivalent. However, credit implies ascribing a thing or especially an action to a person or other thing as its agent, source, or explanation.
When is it sensible to use impute instead of assign ?
While in some cases nearly identical to assign , impute suggests ascribing something that brings discredit by way of accusation or blame.
Examples of assign in a Sentence
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Thesaurus Entries Near assign
assiduousness
assignation
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“Assign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assign. Accessed 6 Oct. 2024.
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Synonyms for ASSIGNMENT: task, job, duty, project, mission, chore, responsibility, function; Antonyms of ASSIGNMENT: dismissal, discharge, firing, expulsion, rejection, removal, dismission, deposition.
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Synonyms for ASSIGN: task, entrust, charge, trust, impose, intrust, confer, allocate; Antonyms of ASSIGN: deny, retain, deprive (of), withhold, keep, begrudge, appropriate, stint.
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Synonyms. post. appointment. designation. commission. The foreman is responsible for the assignment of jobs. Synonyms. distribution. apportionment. parceling out. dealing out. doling out. allotment. allocation. Synonyms for assignment from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc. Browse.
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Synonyms for ASSIGNMENT in English: task, work, job, charge, position, post, commission, exercise, responsibility, duty, ….
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