assignment

Meaning

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

Synonyms

task
B2
mission
A2
appointment
B1
job
A1
allocation
41k
appropriation
48k
allotment
31k
designation
31k
distribution
C1
duty
B1
chore
20k
transfer
B2
business trip
homework
B2
assignation
assigning
25k
commission
B2
mandate
C2
grant
B1
quota
C2
order
A1
handover
25k
naming
C2
function
B2

duty assignment

warrant
B2
nomination
C2
delivery
B2
work
A1
deal
A1
transference
24k
translocation
substitution
32k
transmission
C1
rationing
28k
secondment
partition
23k
promotion
B2
objective
C1
specification
conveyance
49k
alienation
34k
lesson
B1
concession
C2
assign
C2
abandonment
21k
charge
A2
giving
A2
cession
adjournment
34k
Translations

mission
Aufgabe
incarico
taak
tarefa
affectation
tâche
Zuweisung
designação
opdracht
asignación
Auftrag
tarea
assegnamento
devoir
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈsaɪnmənt/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
assignement
In summary

From Middle English assignement, from Old French assignement. By surface analysis, assign + -ment.

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