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Assign Definition

assign

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology

Old French assigner

Verb

assign (third-person singular simple present assigns, present participle assigning, simple past and past participle assigned)

  1. (transitive) To designate or set apart something for some purpose.
  2. (transitive) To appoint or select someone for some office.
  3. (transitive) To allot or give something as a task.
  4. (transitive) To attribute or sort something into categories.
  5. (transitive) (law) To transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another.

Derived terms

Noun

assign (plural assigns)

  1. An assignee.

 

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