Meanings
nounassignment (countable and uncountable, plural assignments)
plural assignments
- countableuncountableThe act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee.
- countableuncountableThe categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers.
- countableuncountableThe categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.
- countableuncountableA position to which one is assigned.
Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion.
- countableuncountableeducationA task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
Mrs Smith gave out our assignments, and said we had to finish them by Monday.
- countableuncountablelawA document that effects this transfer.
Once you receive the assignment in the post, be sure to sign it and send it back as soon as possible.
Synonyms & antonyms
Narrower
nouna duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
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duty assignment
Broader
nounthe act of distributing something to designated places or persons
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Broader
noun(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
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Broader
transferred propertytransferred possession
nounthe act of putting a person into a non-elective position
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchassignement
- Middle Englishassignement
- Englishassignment
From Middle English assignement, from Old French assignement. By surface analysis, assign + -ment.
More words from Middle English, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian зада́ча, назначе́ние
- зада́ча (zadáča)task
- назначе́ние (naznačénie)position
- зада́ча (zadáča)typically a task given to students
- преотстъпване (preotstăpvane)transfer of rights or benefits
- присвояване (prisvojavane)operation(s) that assign a value to a variable
Chinese Mandarin 分配, 布置
- 分配 (fēnpèi)act of assigning; allocation of tasks
- 布置 (bùzhì)act of assigning; allocation of tasks
- 指定 (zhǐdìng)act of assigning; allocation of tasks
- 指派 (zhǐpài)act of assigning; allocation of tasks
- 任務 /任务 (rènwù)task
- 指派 (zhǐpài)position
- 職位 /职位 (zhíwèi)position
- 作業 /作业 (zuòyè)typically a task given to students
- 讓渡 /让渡 (ràngdù)transfer of rights or benefits
- 出讓 /出让 (chūràng)transfer of rights or benefits
- 轉讓 /转让 (zhuǎnràng)transfer of rights or benefits
- 讓渡書 /让渡书document that effects this transfer
Czech přiřazení
- přiřazeníoperation(s) that assign a value to a variable
Danish opgave, tildeling
- opgaveact of assigning; allocation of tasks
- tildelingact of assigning; allocation of tasks
- opgavetypically a task given to students
Dutch toewijzing, toekenning
- toewijzingact of assigning; allocation of tasks
- toekenningact of assigning; allocation of tasks
- opdrachttask
- taaktask
- benoemingposition
- huiswerktypically a task given to students
- opdrachttypically a task given to students
- taaktypically a task given to students
- cessietransfer of rights or benefits
- akte van cessiedocument that effects this transfer
Esperanto valorizo, valorhavigo
- valorizooperation(s) that assign a value to a variable
- valorhavigooperation(s) that assign a value to a variable
Finnish toimeksianto, työnjako
- toimeksiantoact of assigning; allocation of tasks
- työnjakoact of assigning; allocation of tasks
- tehtävätask
- toimeksiantotask
- tehtäväposition
- tehtävätypically a task given to students
- harjoitustehtävätypically a task given to students
- oikeuden luovutustransfer of rights or benefits
- luovutuskirjadocument that effects this transfer
- arvon asetusoperation(s) that assign a value to a variable
- luokituscategorization
French affectation, tâche
- affectationact of assigning; allocation of tasks
- tâchetask
- missiontask
- affectationposition
- devoirtypically a task given to students
- cessiontransfer of rights or benefits
- acte de cessiondocument that effects this transfer
- affectationoperation(s) that assign a value to a variable
- affectationcategorization
German Zuweisung, Übertragung
- Zuweisungact of assigning; allocation of tasks
- Übertragungact of assigning; allocation of tasks
- Aufgabetask
- Aufgabengebiettask
- Arbeittask
- Auftragtask
- Postenposition
- Aufgabetypically a task given to students
- Hausaufgabetypically a task given to students
- Hausarbeittypically a task given to students
- Hausübungtypically a task given to students
- Studienarbeittypically a task given to students
Hebrew מְשִׂימָה
- מְשִׂימָה (mesimá)task
Hindi नियुक्ति
- नियुक्ति (niyukti)act of assigning; allocation of tasks
Indonesian tugas
- tugastypically a task given to students
Irish tasc
- tasctask
Italian cessione, atto di cessione
- cessionetransfer of rights or benefits
- atto di cessionedocument that effects this transfer
Japanese 宿題, 譲渡
- 宿題 (shukudai)typically a task given to students
- 譲渡 (jōto)transfer of rights or benefits
- 代入 (dainyū)operation(s) that assign a value to a variable
Korean 숙제
- 숙제 (sukje)typically a task given to students
Malay tugasan
- tugasantypically a task given to students
Norwegian Bokmål oppdrag
- oppdragtask
Polish cesja, przelew
- cesjatransfer of rights or benefits
- przelewtransfer of rights or benefits
- przypisanieoperation(s) that assign a value to a variable
- przyporządkowywaniecategorization
- przyporządkowaniecategorization
Portuguese designação, atribuição
- designaçãoact of assigning; allocation of tasks
- atribuiçãoposition
- posiçãoposition
- tarefatypically a task given to students
- trabalhotypically a task given to students
- cessãotransfer of rights or benefits
- cessãodocument that effects this transfer
- atribuiçãooperation(s) that assign a value to a variable
- atribuiçãocategorization
Russian назначе́ние, распределе́ние
- назначе́ние (naznačénije)act of assigning; allocation of tasks
- распределе́ние (raspredelénije)act of assigning; allocation of tasks
- зада́ние (zadánije)task
- зада́ча (zadáča)task
- поруче́ние (poručénije)task
- назначе́ние (naznačénije)position
- зада́ние (zadánije)typically a task given to students
- зада́ча (zadáča)typically a task given to students
- дома́шнее зада́ние (domášneje zadánije)typically a task given to students
- переда́ча (peredáča)transfer of rights or benefits
- переусту́пка (pereustúpka)transfer of rights or benefits
- це́ссия (céssija)transfer of rights or benefits
Spanish asignación, tarea
- asignaciónact of assigning; allocation of tasks
- tareatask
- encargotask
- encomiendatask
- tareaposition
- tareatypically a task given to students
- asignacióntypically a task given to students
- cesióntransfer of rights or benefits
Swedish tilldelning, uppdrag
- tilldelningact of assigning; allocation of tasks
- uppdragtask
- uppgifttask
- uppdragposition
- tilldelningoperation(s) that assign a value to a variable
Tagalog takdang-aralin, asaynment
- takdang-aralintypically a task given to students
- asaynmenttypically a task given to students
Ukrainian завда́ння, зада́ча
- завда́ння (zavdánnja)task
- зада́ча (zadáča)task
Welsh aseiniad
- aseiniadtransfer of rights or benefits
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with assignment
refinementconfinementconsignmentrealignmentmisalignmentenshrinementdeconfinemententwinementmalignmentmisassignmentunrefinement
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
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Chicago
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