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Present participle for to select for a given role or responsibility
“Herzog asked President Portes Gil to assign him to the post of ambassador in the USSR so that he would be able to experience the Russian Revolution firsthand.”
Present participle for to assign a responsibility, duty, or task to
“Once the recipient receives your e-mail, he or she can accept the task, decline the task, or assign the task to someone else.”
Present participle for to distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot
“Mr. Current told us he was formerly in charge of the storage and warehousing facilities and it was his job to assign food to warehouses.”
Present participle for to set aside for a specific use
“He called, in particular, to assign sums of money for the teaching of trades and handicrafts.”
Present participle for to give to someone, especially for a specific purpose
“The court in its discretion may decline to assign him the counsel he may desire.”
Present participle for to attribute something as belonging to or caused by
“Nevertheless, he did not fear to assign a portion of his glory to his young, lieutenant.”
Present participle for to legally give up one's possession or ownership of (something)
“The laboratory, in turn, agrees to inform the sponsor of all inventions and assign all rights to him.”
Present participle for to come to a judgment or decision on something
“The court held that no court may assign an interest rate above 7% on an implied loan agreement.”
Present participle for to assign to a particular class or category
Present participle for to attribute or ascribe a property, quality or value to someone or something
Present participle for to direct the attention of someone to
Present participle for to determine the future or the fate of something in advance
Present participle for to arrange or set in some sort of order
Present participle for to station (troops) in a particular place
Present participle for to correlate a subject, issue or event with another
Present participle for to exert or put to use
Present participle for to contract out work
Present participle for to provide or equip with something required
Present participle for to place or transport in one's mind, usually in reference to one's feelings, emotions or insecurities
Present participle for to allocate or assign a specific time or place for something or someone
Present participle for to schedule, especially according to a duty roster
Present participle for to issue, establish or apply as a charge, fine or penalty
Present participle for to put send or confine (someone) to prison or a psychiatric hospital
Present participle for to ascribe ethnic or racial identities to
Present participle for to precisely state or describe the nature, scope, or meaning of
Present participle for to satisfy or fulfill (a want, requirement, or need)
The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned
An act of choosing or assigning someone (or something) for a given role or job
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