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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.”
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.”
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.”
To set aside for a specific use
“He called, in particular, to assign sums of money for the teaching of trades and handicrafts.”
To give to someone, especially for a specific purpose
“The court in its discretion may decline to assign him the counsel he may desire.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
To assign to a particular class or category
To attribute or ascribe a property, quality or value to someone or something
To direct the attention of someone to
To determine the future or the fate of something in advance
To station (troops) in a particular place
To correlate a subject, issue or event with another
To exert or put to use
To contract out work
To provide or equip with something required
To place or transport in one's mind, usually in reference to one's feelings, emotions or insecurities
To allocate or assign a specific time or place for something or someone
To schedule, especially according to a duty roster
To issue, establish or apply as a charge, fine or penalty
To put send or confine (someone) to prison or a psychiatric hospital
To ascribe ethnic or racial identities to
To precisely state or describe the nature, scope, or meaning of
To satisfy or fulfill (a want, requirement, or need)
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