assignment

Meaning

1. The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
2. The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
3. The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
4. An assigned task.
5. A position to which someone is assigned.
6. A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
7. A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.
8. A document that effects this transfer.
9. An operation that assigns a value to a variable.

Concepts

assignment

task

mission

appointment

job

allocation

appropriation

allotment

designation

distribution

chore

duty

business trip

transfer

homework

assignation

assigning

commission

mandate

grant

delivery

handover

order

warrant

nomination

quota

naming

duty assignment

deal

work

function

abandonment

concession

transmission

directive

rationing

specification

conveyance

substitution

promotion

cession

assign

partition

transference

giving

secondment

alienation

adjournment

transplantation

translocation

charge

lesson

objective

abdication

compliance

deposition

subjection

submission

stint

investment

preferment

business-trip

pointing at

configuration

setup

attachment

allowance

endowment

adjustment

arrangement

editing

layout

schoolwork

committing

delegation

entrusting

giving in charge

meeting

authorization

responsibility

official journey

burden

judgement

authority

power

behest

command

commandment

instruction

precept

prescript

prescription

requisition

allocate

batch

dispense

abalienate

abalienation

expropriation

pass through

release

turn over

yield

subject matter

topic

assign a value

transfer ownership

labor

administration

bestowal

bestowment

conferral

conferment

gift

apportioning

dispersal

partitioning

segmentation

share-out

sharing

tour

ceding

conveyancing

discharge

extradition

forfeit

forfeiture

handing over

legal transfer

livery

surrender

imposition

remittal

display

evidence

exhibition

indicant

proof

reflection

reflexion

displacement

reassignment

transplanting

commutation

move

movement

passage

play

redeployment

switch

translation

transplant

business

errand

occupation

place

situation

use

convey

allot

deliver

hand out

piece of work

activity

referral

determination

establishment

essay

responsibilities

problem

tas

fixing

setting

declaratory judgment

part

role

Hyphenated as

a‧ssign‧ment

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈsaɪnmənt/

Etymology

From Middle English assignement, from Old French assignement.

Sentences

He was designated for assignment for the second time the next day .