assign
/əˈsaɪn/ verb B1- To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose. · to assign a day for trial
- To appoint or select (someone) for some office. · to assign counsel for a prisoner
- To allot or give (something) as a task.
- To attribute or sort (something) into categories.
- To categorize (someone) as belonging to the male or female sex.
- To transfer (property, a legal right, etc.) from one person to another.
- To give (a value) to a variable. · We assign 100 to x.
He/she/it assigns · Past assigned · Past participle assigned · -ing form assigning
Verb forms
- Base form
- assign
- He/she/it
- assigns
- Past
- assigned
- Past participle
- assigned
- -ing form
- assigning
From the library
what reason do you assign?”
“If it be so,” replied the magistrate, “rely upon every reparation being made; meanwhile, I am the bearer of an order of arrest, and although I most reluctantly perform the task assigned me, it must, nevertheless, be fulfilled.
“I do not know what reason government can assign for these useless visits; when you see one prisoner, you see all,—always the same thing,—ill fed and innocent.
“When we were assigned to our rooms Miss Stacy had to leave us.
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