assign

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

as·sign (ə-sīnʹ)tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs
1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate:
assigned a day for the inspection.
2. To select for a duty or office; appoint:
firefighters assigned to the city's industrial park.
3. To give out as a task; allot:
assigned homework to the class.
4. To ascribe; attribute:
sorted the rocks by assigning them to different categories.
See Synonyms at attribute.
5. Law. To transfer (property, rights, or interests) from one to another.
6. To place (a person or a military unit) under a specific command.n. Law
An assignee. [Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, from Latin assignāre: ad-, ad- + signāre, to mark (from signum, sign. See sekʷ-¹ in Indo-European Roots).] as·sign'a·bilʹi·ty n.as·signʹa·ble adj.as·signʹa·bly adv.as·signʹer n.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  attribute, arrogate, put, specify, set apart, impute, ascribe, allot, portion, delegate, designate, depute