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assign
Overview of verb assign
The verb assign has 8 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (15) delegate, designate, depute, assign -- (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))
2. (15) assign, allot, portion -- (give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms")
3. (7) impute, ascribe, assign, attribute -- (attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats")
4. (7) assign, specify, set apart -- (select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise")
5. (1) put, assign -- (attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story")
6. arrogate, assign -- (make undue claims to having)
7. assign -- (transfer one's right to)
8. assign, attribute -- (decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class")
Grep of noun assign
assignation
assignee
assigning
assignment
assignor
Antonyms of verb assign
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb assign
8 senses of assign
Sense 1
delegate, designate, depute, assign
=> appoint, charge
Sense 2
assign, allot, portion
=> distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 3
impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 4
assign, specify, set apart
=> choose, take, select, pick out
=> decide, make up one's mind, determine
Sense 5
put, assign
=> use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
Sense 6
arrogate, assign
=> claim, lay claim, arrogate
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Sense 7
assign
=> transfer
Sense 8
assign, attribute
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb assign
6 of 8 senses of assign
Sense 1
delegate, designate, depute, assign
=> mandate
=> cast
=> post
=> cast
=> devolve
=> task
=> place
=> regiment
=> transfer, reassign
=> delegate, depute
=> mandate
=> promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
=> demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
=> place
Sense 2
assign, allot, portion
=> allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve
=> allocate, apportion
Sense 3
impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
=> impute
=> sensualize, carnalize
=> credit
=> reattribute
=> anthropomorphize, anthropomorphise
=> personify, personate
=> accredit, credit
=> blame, charge
=> project, externalize, externalise
=> internalize, internalise, interiorize, interiorise
Sense 4
assign, specify, set apart
=> dedicate
=> detail
Sense 5
put, assign
=> repose
Sense 8
assign, attribute
=> relegate, classify
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb assign
8 senses of assign
Sense 1
delegate, designate, depute, assign
=> appoint, charge
Sense 2
assign, allot, portion
=> distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
Sense 3
impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
Sense 4
assign, specify, set apart
=> choose, take, select, pick out
Sense 5
put, assign
=> use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
Sense 6
arrogate, assign
=> claim, lay claim, arrogate
Sense 7
assign
=> transfer
Sense 8
assign, attribute
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
'Cause To' of verb assign
Derived Forms of verb assign
5 of 8 senses of assign
Sense 1
delegate, designate, depute, assign
RELATED TO>(noun) assignment#1
=> assignment, duty assignment
RELATED TO>(noun) assignment#6
=> appointment, assignment, designation, naming
Sense 2
assign, allot, portion
RELATED TO>(noun) assignation#2
=> allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
Sense 4
assign, specify, set apart
RELATED TO>(noun) assignment#5
=> assignment
Sense 7
assign
RELATED TO>(adj) assignable#1
=> assignable, conveyable, negotiable, transferable, transferrable
RELATED TO>(noun) assignment#4
=> grant, assignment
RELATED TO>(noun) assignment#2
=> assignment
RELATED TO>(noun) assignee#1
=> assignee
Sense 8
assign, attribute
RELATED TO>(noun) assignment#3
=> assignment, assigning
Domain of verb assign
Domain Terms of verb assign
Familiarity of verb assign
assign used as a verb is common (polysemy count =8)
Sample Sentences of verb assign
8 senses of assign
Sense 1
delegate, designate, depute, assign
EX: They assign him to write the letter
Sense 2
assign, allot, portion
EX: They assign cars to the tourists
EX: They assign the tourists their cars
Sense 3
impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
*> Somebody ----s something to somebody
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 4
assign, specify, set apart
*> Somebody ----s somebody PP
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 5
put, assign
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 6
arrogate, assign
*> Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 7
assign
*> Somebody ----s somebody something
*> Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 8
assign, attribute
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb assign
8 senses of assign
Sense 1
delegate, designate, depute, assign
> appoint, charge
=> delegate, designate, depute, assign
=> depute, deputize, deputise
=> name, nominate, make
=> empower, authorise, authorize
=> accredit
=> create
Sense 2
assign, allot, portion
> distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
=> assign, allot, portion
=> reallot
=> deal
=> give, apply
Sense 3
impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> rate, rank, range, order, grade, place
=> stand
=> approve
=> disapprove
=> choose
=> prejudge
=> measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value
=> reappraise
=> reject
=> accept
=> think, believe, consider, conceive
=> calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast
=> expect, anticipate
=> impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
=> assign, attribute
=> disapprove, reject
=> declare, adjudge, hold
=> review, critique
=> fail
=> pass
=> test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay
Sense 4
assign, specify, set apart
> choose, take, select, pick out
=> empanel, impanel, panel
=> anoint
=> field
=> sieve, sift
=> draw
=> dial
=> plump, go
=> pick
=> elect
=> excerpt, extract, take out
=> cull out, winnow
=> cream off, skim off
=> sieve out, pick over
=> assign, specify, set apart
=> single out
=> think of
=> specify, set, determine, fix, limit
=> adopt, follow, espouse
=> screen, screen out, sieve, sort
=> vote in
=> elect
=> nominate, propose
=> vote
=> side, go with
Sense 5
put, assign
> use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
=> give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote
=> play
=> play
=> pull out all the stops
=> put, assign
=> ply
=> address
=> waste
=> misapply, misuse
=> avail
=> overuse, overdrive
=> cannibalize, cannibalise
=> recycle, reprocess, reuse
=> exploit, work
=> exploit, tap
=> strain, extend
=> exert, exercise
=> enjoy
=> take
=> share
=> work, put to work
=> implement
=> fall back, resort, recur
Sense 6
arrogate, assign
> claim, lay claim, arrogate
=> pretend
=> requisition
=> arrogate, assign
Sense 7
assign
> transfer
=> give
=> alien, alienate
=> negociate
=> convey
=> desacralize, secularize
=> assign
=> pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
=> exchange, change, interchange
=> distribute
Sense 8
assign, attribute
> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> rate, rank, range, order, grade, place
=> stand
=> approve
=> disapprove
=> choose
=> prejudge
=> measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value
=> reappraise
=> reject
=> accept
=> think, believe, consider, conceive
=> calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast
=> expect, anticipate
=> impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
=> assign, attribute
=> disapprove, reject
=> declare, adjudge, hold
=> review, critique
=> fail
=> pass
=> test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb assign
Sense 1
delegate, designate, depute, assign
=> appoint, charge
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Sense 2
assign, allot, portion
=> distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
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Sense 3
impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
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Sense 4
assign, specify, set apart
=> choose, take, select, pick out
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Sense 5
put, assign
=> use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
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Sense 6
arrogate, assign
=> claim, lay claim, arrogate
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Sense 7
assign
=> transfer
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Sense 8
assign, attribute
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
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Grep of verb assign
assign
reassign
Grep of adj assign
assignable
assigned
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