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assign

/ assign /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
"The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
Type of:
choose take select
Kinds of:
dedicate detail
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
"The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"
Type of:
judge
Kinds of:
relegate classify
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
transfer one''s right to
Type of:
transfer
Usage Patterns:
Somebody's (body part) ----s
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
verb Sense 4
give out or allot
"We were assigned new uniforms"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody's (body part) ----s
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
verb Sense 5
"She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"
"He put all his efforts into this job"
"The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"
Type of:
use utilize utilise
Kinds of:
repose
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 6
Derived:
arrogator
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
verb Sense 7
"We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"
"People impute great cleverness to cats"
Type of:
judge
Verb group:
impute
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 8
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
Type of:
appoint charge
Usage Patterns:
Somebody's (body part) ----s
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Semantic Complexity
77%
Sense Count
8
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
61
Times Searched
3
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