Assign

/əˈsaɪn/

Meaning & Definition

verb

To allocate a job or responsibility to someone.

The manager will assign a new project to the team next week.

To attribute or designate a particular quality or characteristic.

We can assign the blame for the error to poor communication.

To set a value or amount to something.

The teacher assigned a score to each student's performance.

To transfer ownership or rights to someone else.

She decided to assign her rights to the property to her brother.

from Old French 'assigner', from Latin 'assignare', meaning 'to mark out, designate'.

assign responsibilities

to allocate tasks to individuals or groups

assign roles

to designate specific duties to individuals in a team

assign meaning

to attribute significance or interpretation to something

assignment

a task or piece of work allocated to someone

designation

the choosing and naming of someone for a position

delegate

a person authorized to represent others

to give someone a task informally

I was just assigned to grab snacks for the meeting.