Definition of assigns Assigns
/ʌsajˈnz/ - [usaynz] -
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What does assigns mean?
Wiktionary 
- assigns (Noun)
Plural of assign.
Part of speech
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| assign - select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise" | ||
| specify, set apart | ||
| select, pick out, choose, take pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" | ||
| dedicate set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church | ||
| detail assign to a specific task; "The ambulances were detailed to the fire station" | ||
| assign - transfer one's right to | ||
| transfer transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" | ||
| assign - give out; "We were assigned new uniforms" | ||
| allot, portion | ||
| shell out, parcel out, deal out, mete out, dole out, dish out, lot, allot, dispense, administer, distribute, deal divide into lots, as of land, for example | ||
| earmark, appropriate, set aside, reserve, allow take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" | ||
| allocate, apportion distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis"; "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip" | ||
| assign - decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class" | ||
| attribute | ||
| pass judgment, evaluate, judge form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" | ||
| classify, relegate arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" | ||
| assign - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | ||
| delegate, designate, depute | ||
| appoint, charge furnish; "a beautifully appointed house" | ||
| mandate assign authority to | ||
| cast form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold; "cast a bronze sculpture" | ||
| post publicize with, or as if with, a poster; "I'll post the news on the bulletin board" | ||
| cast form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold; "cast a bronze sculpture" | ||
| devolve grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" | ||
| task assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children" | ||
| place take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; "Jerry came in third in the Marathon" | ||
| regiment assign to a regiment; "regiment soldiers" | ||
| reassign, transfer transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" | ||
| delegate, depute give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | ||
| mandate assign authority to | ||
| kick upstairs, elevate, promote, upgrade, advance, raise change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent | ||
| demote, kick downstairs, relegate, bump, break assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" | ||
| place take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; "Jerry came in third in the Marathon" | ||
| assign - attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats" | ||
| impute, ascribe, attribute | ||
| pass judgment, evaluate, judge form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" | ||
| impute attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats" | ||
| carnalize, sensualize debase through carnal gratification | ||
| credit have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of | ||
| reattribute attribute to another source | ||
| anthropomorphise, anthropomorphize ascribe human features to something | ||
| personate, personify attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous" | ||
| accredit, credit ascribe an achievement to; "She was not properly credited in the program" | ||
| blame, charge attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience" | ||
| externalise, externalize, project present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.; "He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She proposed a new theory of relativity" | ||
| interiorise, interiorize, internalise, internalize incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal; "internalize a belief" | ||
| assign - attribute or give; "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" | ||
| put | ||
| utilise, employ, utilize, use, apply convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust) | ||
| repose put or confide something in a person or thing; "These philosophers reposed the law in the people" | ||
| assign - make undue claims to having | ||
| arrogate | ||
| lay claim, arrogate, claim make undue claims to having | ||
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Wiktionary
- assign (Noun)
An assignee. - assign (Noun)
A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance. - assign (Verb)
To designate or set apart something for some purpose. - assign (Verb)
To appoint or select someone for some office. - assign (Verb)
To allot or give something as a task. - assign (Verb)
To attribute or sort something into categories.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- assign (v. t.)
To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over. - assign (v. t.)
To fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel for a prisoner; to assign a day for trial. - assign (v. t.)
To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors. - assign (v.)
A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance. - assign (n.)
A person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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To give something to (a person), or assign a task to (a person). -
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To select something or someone for a specific purpose. -
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To assign to someone as his or her lot. -
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To attribute or credit to. -
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To legally transfer one's right to. -
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To associate ownership of (something) to someone.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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as-sīn′, v.t. to sign or mark out to one: to allot: to appoint: to allege: to transfer: to ascribe or refer to: to suggest: to fix, as a time: to point out exactly.—n. one to whom any property or right is made over: (pl.) appendages (Shak.).—adj. Assign′able, that may be assigned.—ns. Assignā′tion, an appointment to meet, used chiefly of love-trysts, and mostly in a bad sense: (Scots law) the making over of any right to another, equivalent to Assignment; Assignee (as-sin-ē′), one to whom any right or property is assigned: (pl.) the trustees of a sequestrated estate; Assign′ment, act of assigning: anything assigned: the writing by which a transfer is made: (Spens.) design. [Fr.—L. assignāre, to mark out—ad, to, signum, a mark or sign.]
