assign
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Contents |
English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Old French assigner
Verb [edit]
assign (third-person singular simple present assigns, present participle assigning, simple past and past participle assigned)
- (transitive) To designate or set apart something for some purpose.
- (transitive) To appoint or select someone for some office.
- (transitive) To allot or give something as a task.
- (transitive) To attribute or sort something into categories.
- (transitive) (law) To transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to designate or set apart something for some purpose
to appoint or select someone for some office
to allot or give something as a task
to attribute or sort something into categories
|
to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Noun [edit]
assign (plural assigns)
- An assignee.
- (obsolete) A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
- Shakespeare
- Six French rapiers and poniards, with their assigns, as girdles, hangers, and so.
- Shakespeare
