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/
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
The teacher assigns each student a different country to research.
AS(to) + SIGN(mark) — by putting a name sign(SIGN) to(AS) each seat, the teacher began to assign places to the students.
After finishing the complex building design, the architect met the builder to assign the construction work.
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
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.
Breakdown
ad- (to) + sign (mark) + -ary/-ate (suffix forming verb) = assign (to mark out for a purpose, to give a task)
🎵Rhyme
🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“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.”
“Each student was assigned a specific research topic for the semester project.”
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