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Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-sahyn
Phonetic Transcription : əˈsaɪn

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Définition of assigning

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French assiginer (13c.) "assign, set (a date, etc.); appoint legally; allot," from Latin assignare "to mark out, to allot by sign, assign, award," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + signare "make a sign," from signum "mark" (see sign). Main original use was in English law, in transferences of personal property. General meaning "to fix, settle, determine, appoint" is from c.1300. Related: Assigned; assigning.
  • verb select and give a responsibility
  • verb set apart for a reason
Example sentences :
  • It is not to be conceived how exact these people are in assigning the pre-eminence to the men.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • Reasons have been already given for assigning a late date to the Philebus.
  • Extract from : « Philebus » by Plato
  • It was a perilous task, and some might blame Morgan for assigning the boy to it.
  • Extract from : « Rodney, the Ranger » by John V. Lane
  • Here he continues his vocation, which demands the assigning of the just penalty to the guilty.
  • Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider
  • For that would be like assigning the service of God to a confirmed atheist.
  • Extract from : « Creative Unity » by Rabindranath Tagore
  • There is also an arrangement of the text by topics, for convenience in assigning the reading.
  • Extract from : « The Short-story » by William Patterson Atkinson
  • There is a more definite reason for assigning Dom Duardos to this year.
  • Extract from : « Four Plays of Gil Vicente » by Gil Vicente
  • She was assigning seats which the students were to keep for the year.
  • Extract from : « When Sarah Went to School » by Elsie Singmaster
  • The assigning of this petition to Fortune is a happy expedient.
  • Extract from : « Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems » by Geoffrey Chaucer
  • The shield of arms is a help in assigning a date to the screen.
  • Extract from : « Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lincoln » by A. F. Kendrick

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