Meaning
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- To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose.
- To appoint or select (someone) for some office.
- To allot or give (something) as a task.
- To attribute or sort (something) into categories.
- To attribute or sort (something) into categories.
- To transfer (property, a legal right, etc.) from one person to another.
- To give (a value) to a variable.
Synonyms
yield
divide among
put onto
make use of
regard as
fork up
turn to account
deed over
go backward
negociate
put in a suitable position
commend to
assign a value
admit extradite
cf. endow
abdicate
commision
endue
Frequency
Hyphenated as
as‧sign
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈsaɪn/
Etymology
In summary
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *seknom Latin signum Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin signō Latin assignōlbor. Old French assignerbor. Middle English assignen English assign From Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, asigner, from Latin assignō, from ad- + signō (“mark, sign”).
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