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English verb: assign | |||
| 1. | assign (social) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | ||
| Examples | They assign him to write the letter | ||
| Synonyms | delegate, depute, designate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody something. Somebody ----s something to somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appoint, charge | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | advance, break, bump, cast, cast, delegate, demote, depute, devolve, elevate, kick downstairs, kick upstairs, mandate, mandate, place, place, post, promote, raise, reassign, regiment, relegate, task, transfer, upgrade | ||
| 2. | assign (possession) give out | ||
| Samples | We were assigned new uniforms. | ||
| Examples | They assign cars to the tourists, They assign the tourists their cars | ||
| Synonyms | allot, portion | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | allocate, allow, apportion, appropriate, earmark, reserve, set aside | ||
| 3. | assign (cognition) attribute or credit to | ||
| Samples | We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare. People impute great cleverness to cats. | ||
| Synonyms | ascribe, attribute, impute | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something to somebody. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | evaluate, judge, pass judgment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | accredit, anthropomorphise, anthropomorphize, blame, carnalize, charge, credit, credit, externalise, externalize, impute, interiorise, interiorize, internalise, internalize, personate, personify, project, reattribute, sensualize | ||
| Verb group | impute | ||
| 4. | assign (cognition) select something or someone for a specific purpose | ||
| Samples | The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise. | ||
| Synonyms | set apart, specify | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | choose, pick out, select, take | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dedicate, detail | ||
| 5. | assign (consumption) attribute or give | ||
| Samples | She put too much emphasis on her the last statement. He put all his efforts into this job. The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story. | ||
| Synonyms | put | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | repose | ||
| 6. | assign (possession) make undue claims to having | ||
| Synonyms | arrogate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arrogate, claim, lay claim | ||
| 7. | assign (possession) transfer one's right to | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | transfer | ||
| 8. | assign (cognition) decide as to where something belongs in a scheme | ||
| Samples | The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class. | ||
| Synonyms | attribute | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | evaluate, judge, pass judgment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | classify, relegate | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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