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assignment
[uh-sahyn-muhnt]
noun
something assigned, as a particular task or duty.
She completed the assignment and went on to other jobs.
Synonyms: ,a position of responsibility, post of duty, or the like, to which one is appointed.
He left for his assignment in the Middle East.
Synonyms: ,an act of assigning; appointment.
Law.
the transference of a right, interest, or title, or the instrument of transfer.
a transference of property to assignees for the benefit of creditors.
assignment
/ əˈɪԳəԳ /
noun
something that has been assigned, such as a mission or task
a position or post to which a person is assigned
the act of assigning or state of being assigned
law
the transfer to another of a right, interest, or title to property, esp personal property
assignment of a lease
the document effecting such a transfer
the right, interest, or property transferred
law (formerly) the transfer, esp by an insolvent debtor, of property in trust for the benefit of his creditors
logic a function that associates specific values with each variable in a formal expression
history a system (1789–1841) whereby a convict could become the unpaid servant of a freeman
Other Word Forms
- misassignment noun
- nonassignment noun
- reassignment noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of assignment1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The next assignment for Pat Cummins' side is a three-Test tour of West Indies which starts in Barbados on 25 June.
The test of how America responds in real time to the wholesale attack on its second-largest demographic group is now a shared assignment.
“As we purchased our building and came into this moment of thinking about the next century, it felt like there was a very big assignment with this season,” Feldman said.
Josaiah Stewart quickly studied the assignment, focused intensely, and went to work.
“This is particularly true in school contexts, when the learning that happens inside the student is far more important than the finished product they produce on a given assignment,” Warner wrote.
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