Assign (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used with object)
  1. to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
  2. to give out or announce as a task: to assign homework.
  3. to appoint, as to a post or duty: to assign one to guard duty.
  4. to designate; name; specify: to assign a day for a meeting.
  5. to ascribe; attribute; bring forward: to assign a cause.
  6. to transfer: to assign a contract.
  7. to place permanently on duty with a unit or under a commander.
verb (used without object)
  1. to transfer property, especially in trust or for the benefit of creditors.
noun
  1. a person to whom the property or interest of another is or may be transferred; assignee: my heirs and assigns.
verb (mainly tr)
  1. to select for and appoint to a post, etc
  2. to give out or allot (a task, problem, etc)
  3. to set apart (a place, person, time, etc) for a particular function or event
  4. to attribute to a specified cause, origin, or source; ascribe
  5. to transfer (one's right, interest, or title to property) to someone else
  6. (formerly) to transfer (property) to trustees so that it may be used for the benefit of creditors
  7. to allocate (men or materials) on a permanent basis
  8. to place (a value corresponding to a variable) in a memory location
noun
  1. a person to whom property is assigned; assignee
Assign (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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