Meaning & Definition of Assignment in English

1. A duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)

• "Hazardous duty"

2. The instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another

3. The act of distributing something to designated places or persons

• "The first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"

4. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

5. An undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)

6. The act of putting a person into a non-elective position

• "The appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"