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assign — to give someone a particular job or responsibility

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to give someone a particular job or responsibility

Pronunciation (IPA): /əˈsaɪn/

Korean meaning: 할당하다, 배정하다, 맡기다

Korean pronunciation: 어**사인**

Example Sentences

  • My boss assigned me to train the office goldfish in Excel.
  • The professor assigned a 50-page essay due tomorrow morning.
  • They assigned Detective Johnson to investigate why all the donuts keep disappearing.

assign

VERB

//əˈsaɪn//

to give someone a particular job or responsibility

assign concept
💡 Concept

The manager assigns a new project to the employee

assign rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Assign the tasks to refine our design!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/əˈsaɪn/
🇬🇧 UK/əˈsaɪn/

🌳Etymology

Prefixas--
Rootsign

Origin

From Latin 'assignare', composed of 'ad-' (to) and 'signare' (to mark or sign). The word originally meant to mark out or designate something for a specific purpose.

🎵Rhyme

designdefinerefinedecline
design
define
refine
decline

🔗Collocations

assign homework
assign a task
assign responsibility
assign a role
assign seats
assign blame

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

“My boss assigned me to train the office goldfish in Excel.”

“The professor assigned a 50-page essay due tomorrow morning.”

😄 Fun example

“They assigned Detective Johnson to investigate why all the donuts keep disappearing.”

“Each student was assigned a specific research topic for the semester project.”

📚Related Words

Synonyms

allocatedesignateappointdelegatedistribute

Antonyms

withdrawremoverevoke

Related

assignmentassigneeassignorreassignunassigned

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