assign
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
law
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *sek-
Proto-Indo-European *-nóm
Proto-Italic *seknom
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Proto-Italic *seknāō
Latin signō
Latin assignōlbor.
Old French assignerbor.
Middle English assignen
English assign
From Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, asigner, from Latin assignō, from ad- + signō (“mark, sign”).
Inflected forms:
form: assigns
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: assigning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: assigned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: assigned
pos: verb
tags: past
form: assigns
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to assign a day for trial
gloss: To appoint or select (someone) for some office.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to assign counsel for a prisoner
gloss: To allot or give (something) as a task.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: “I cannot do it, Sir !” was his reply. “I fire into their ranks, and that does as well ; but to single out one among them, and mark him for death, would lie upon my mind afterwards.” The man who could feel thus was worthy of a better station than that in which his lot had been assigned.
He assigned his men to their several posts, talked boldly of maintaining himself against all the troops of Spain, and by his cheerful tone endeavoured to inspire a confidence in others which he was far from feeling himself.
Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
gloss: To attribute or sort (something) into categories.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To attribute or sort (something) into categories.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To transfer (property, a legal right, etc.) from one person to another.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To give (a value) to a variable.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We assign 100 to x.
gloss: An assignee.
pos: noun
examples: Scrooge knew he was dead ? Of course he did. How could it be otherwise ? Scrooge and he were partners for I don’t know how many years. Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend and his sole mourner.
gloss: A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: The King ſir hath wagerd with him ſix Barbary horſes, againgſt the which hee has impaund as I take it ſix French Rapiers and Poynards, with their aſſignes, as girdle, hanger and ſo.
gloss: An assignment or appointment.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A design or purpose.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: He aim’d at high designs, and so attain’d / The high assigns to which his spirit aim’d.
Synonyms: earmark
convey
Derived words: assignability
assignor
misassign
nonassigned
preassign
preassigned
reassign
unassign
unassigned
Translations:
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 分類 /分类
roman: fēnlèi
lang: Finnish
word: luokittaa
lang: Finnish
word: luokitella
lang: Finnish
word: lajitella
lang: French
word: attribuer
lang: French
word: assigner
lang: Hungarian
word: besorol
lang: Hungarian
word: sorol
lang: Hungarian
word: kategorizál
lang: Italian
word: categorizzare
lang: Italian
word: attribuire
lang: Latin
word: discribō
lang: Polish
word: przypisać
lang: Polish
word: przypisywać
lang: Portuguese
word: atribuir
lang: Romanian
word: împărți
lang: Romanian
word: categoriza
lang: Sardinian
word: assinzare
lang: Sassarese
word: assignà