Synonyms for assign
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-sahyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈsaɪn |
Top 10 synonyms for assign Other synonyms for the word assign
- apportion
- appropriate
- ascribe
- attribute
- cast
- choice
- commission
- consign
- credit
- delegate
- deputize
- detail
- determine
- dish out
- distribute
- divide
- downlink
- download
- draft
- earmark
- elect
- empower
- enroll
- entrust
- fix
- fork out
- give
- grant
- hand out
- hand over
- hang on
- hire
- hold responsible
- impute
- indicate
- mete
- name
- nominate
- ordain
- pin on
- prescribe
- refer
- reference
- relegate
- select
- shell out
- slot
- specify
- stipulate
- tab
- tag
Définition of assign
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
- With what cheerfulness will I assign over this envied estate!
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- It is perhaps too early to assign him his place in American literature.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- And if it be impossible to assign any, this will serve to confirm our suspicion.
- Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume
- I have met with the word in French authors, but never could assign any idea to it.
- Extract from : « Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 » by Henry Fielding
- Between thirty and fifty years, it was impossible to assign an age to him.
- Extract from : « Ramuntcho » by Pierre Loti
- We see the effects of this irresolution, although we cannot assign a cause for it.
- Extract from : « Reflections » by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld
- I imagine I ought to assign a reason for it, which seems pretty probable to me.
- Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
- Let us now assign the geometrical forms to their respective elements.
- Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
- How then, without a word of explanation, could Plato assign to them the refutation of their own tenets?
- Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
- And therefore the legislator must assign to these also their forms.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
Antonyms for assign
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