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English noun: assignment | |||
| 1. | assignment (act) a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces) | ||
| Samples | Hazardous duty. | ||
| Synonyms | duty assignment | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | duty | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | charge, commission, fatigue, fatigue duty, guard, guard duty, mission, reassignment, sea-duty, sentry duty, sentry go, service abroad, shipboard duty, shore duty | ||
| 2. | assignment (communication) the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
| 3. | assignment (act) the act of distributing something to designated places or persons | ||
| Samples | The first task is the assignment of an address to each datum. | ||
| Synonyms | assigning | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | distribution | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | allocation, storage allocation | ||
| 4. | assignment (possession) (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance | ||
| Synonyms | grant | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | transferred possession, transferred property | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | apanage, appanage, land grant | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
| 5. | assignment (act) an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | labor, project, task, undertaking | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | school assignment, schoolwork, writing assignment, written assignment | ||
| 6. | assignment (act) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position | ||
| Samples | The appointment had to be approved by the whole committee. | ||
| Synonyms | appointment, designation, naming | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conclusion, decision, determination | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | co-optation, co-option, delegacy, nomination, ordinance, ordination, recognition | ||
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