consign
verb /kənˈsaɪn/
/kənˈsaɪn/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they consign | /kənˈsaɪn/ /kənˈsaɪn/ |
| he / she / it consigns | /kənˈsaɪnz/ /kənˈsaɪnz/ |
| past simple consigned | /kənˈsaɪnd/ /kənˈsaɪnd/ |
| past participle consigned | /kənˈsaɪnd/ /kənˈsaɪnd/ |
| -ing form consigning | /kənˈsaɪnɪŋ/ /kənˈsaɪnɪŋ/ |
- consign somebody/something to something to put somebody/something somewhere in order to get rid of them/it
- I consigned her letter to the wastebasket.
- What I didn't want was to see my mother consigned to an old people's home.
- consign somebody/something to something to put somebody/something in an unpleasant situation
- The decision to close the factory has consigned 6 000 people to the scrapheap.
- A car accident consigned him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
- consign something to somebody to give or send something to somebody
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘mark with the sign of the cross’, especially at baptism or confirmation, as a sign of dedication to God): from French consigner or Latin consignare ‘mark with a seal’.