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verb as in select and give a responsibility

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  • hold responsible

verb as in set apart for a reason

  • appropriate

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verb as in attribute responsibility or achievement

verb as in assign; give portion

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It is designed to listen to meetings with multiple participants and will parse discussion patterns to produce informative synopses and assign post-meeting action items.

Such randomized, double-blinded controlled trials randomly assign patients to receive a drug or a placebo, and don’t reveal to participants or doctors who is getting which.

That AI could pore over an astronaut’s symptoms and then recommend medical tests, make diagnoses and assign treatments.

So I rose beyond cleaning, to working as an operational dispatcher for cabin services in the American Airlines traffic control center, assign cleaning crews to each incoming aircraft.

Ideally, the Mars spaceship would be equipped with artificial intelligence that could consider an astronaut’s symptoms, recommend medical tests, make diagnoses and assign treatments.

Now the Kremlin will assign more loyal people to rule the region, mostly military leaders.

When we assign a primitive “not me” status to another individual or social group, it can—and does—take us down a destructive path.

Other folks can debate and assign blame for “who lost Iraq.”

Renee Richardson knows she'll likely never be able to assign blame for her son's death—she's done fighting for that.

Girls are directed through several pages of this until they are asked to assign the guy a series of pre-decided adjectives.

The designs of Russia have long been proverbial; but the exercise of the new art of printing may assign them new features.

With what honest pride did John Smith, the best farmer of them all, step to the fore and assign to each man his place!

If the lessee die, his executor or administrator can assign the remainder of his term.

As the lessee may assign or sublet unless forbidden, so may the lessor part with his interest in the leased premises.

If offered any dish of which you do not wish to partake, decline it, but do not assign any reason.

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On this page you'll find 166 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to assign, such as: accredit, allow, appoint, attach, authorize, and charge.

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verb. ['əˈsaɪn'] give out.

  • unauthorized
  • assign (English)
  • assigner (Old French (842-ca. 1400))

verb. ['əˈsaɪn'] give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person).

verb. ['əˈsaɪn'] select something or someone for a specific purpose.

verb. ['əˈsaɪn'] attribute or credit to.

  • stay in place
  • electronic mail
  • anthropomorphize
  • reattribute
  • externalise

verb. ['əˈsaɪn'] attribute or give.

verb. ['əˈsaɪn'] make undue claims to having.

verb. ['əˈsaɪn'] decide as to where something belongs in a scheme.

  • deglycerolize
  • pass judgment

verb. ['əˈsaɪn'] transfer one's right to.

Assign antonyms

What is the opposite word for assign .

  • keep select and give a responsibility, set apart for a reason
  • fire select and give a responsibility
  • deny select and give a responsibility
  • withhold set apart for a reason
  • retain set apart for a reason
  • refuse select and give a responsibility, set apart for a reason
  • reject select and give a responsibility
  • hold set apart for a reason
  • disorganize
  • appropriate
  • expropriate

Antonyms for assign

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assign verb [T] ( CHOOSE )

  • Every available officer will be assigned to the investigation .
  • The textbooks were assigned by the course director .
  • Part of the group was assigned to clear land mines .
  • Each trainee is assigned a mentor who will help them learn more about the job .
  • We were assigned an interpreter for the duration of our stay .
  • accommodate
  • accommodate someone with something
  • administration
  • arm someone with something
  • hand something in
  • hand something out
  • hand something over
  • hand something round
  • reassignment

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assign verb [T] ( SEND )

  • She was assigned to the Paris office .
  • All the team was assigned to Poland.
  • advertisement
  • employment agency
  • equality, diversity and inclusion
  • reinstatement
  • relocation expenses
  • testimonial

assign verb [T] ( COMPUTING )

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  • hill climbing
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assign verb [T] ( GIVE LEGALLY )

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Definition of assign

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transitive verb

Definition of assign  (Entry 2 of 2)

  • intrust

ascribe , attribute , assign , impute , credit mean to lay something to the account of a person or thing.

ascribe suggests an inferring or conjecturing of cause, quality, authorship.

attribute suggests less tentativeness than ascribe , less definiteness than assign .

assign implies ascribing with certainty or after deliberation.

impute suggests ascribing something that brings discredit by way of accusation or blame.

credit implies ascribing a thing or especially an action to a person or other thing as its agent, source, or explanation.

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Word History

Verb and Noun

Middle English, from Anglo-French assigner , from Latin assignare , from ad- + signare to mark, from signum mark, sign

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing assign

  • pre - assign

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    81 Synonyms & Antonyms for ASSIGN | Thesaurus.com View definitions for assign assign verb as in select and give a responsibility Compare Synonyms Synonyms Antonyms Strongest matches accredit allow appoint attach authorize charge commit designate draft elect empower entrust hire name nominate refer select Strong matches ascribe attribute cast

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    synonyms: set apart, specify see more verb give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) synonyms: delegate, depute, designate see more verb decide as to where something belongs in a scheme "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class" synonyms: attribute see more verb give out

  14. What is the opposite of assignment?

    Opposite of a task assigned to students in an academic setting. nonactivity. "Many of the parents expressed their concern about their children's engagement in nonactivity and idleness to the school's administrative body.". Noun. . (dereliction) Opposite of a responsibility or duty assigned to someone.

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    1 as in task a piece of work that needs to be done regularly his first newspaper assignment was writing obituaries Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance task job duty project mission chore responsibility function post office operation endeavor undertaking errand stint enterprise commission care route char chare circuit charge round 2 as in job

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    Verb To assign to a given category put allocate to consign to place in bracket with categorize with classify with pin lay place set fix impose impute to attach to attribute to ascribe to Verb To assign or ascribe something to fasten ascribe to attribute to impute to lay on pin on chalk up to lay at the door of fasten on Verb

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    assign: [verb] to transfer (property) to another especially in trust or for the benefit of creditors.

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