英语词汇“assign”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To assign is to specify something or someone for a specific purpose. If your sisters fight over whose turn it is to sit in the front seat, your parents may have to assign turns.

The verb assign also means to transfer legal rights. You assign the deed to your house to new owners when you sell it. If you sort things into categories by characteristics, you are assigning them categories. When you make a budget, you assign each expense a category. Food and housing, for example, may be essential living expenses and medicine and doctor's visits may be health care. Chocolate gets its own category.

WORD FAMILY

assign: assignable, assignation, assigned, assignee, assigning, assignment, assigns, reassign+/assignable: unassignable/assignation: assignations/assigned: unassigned/assignee: assignees/assignment: assignments/reassign: reassigned, reassigning, reassignment, reassigns/reassignment: reassignments/unassignable: unassignably

USAGE EXAMPLES

Weaver graduated from the police academy last summer and was assigned to the Huntingdon barracks.

Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017)

In 2008, Greek researchers randomly assigned tennis players to one of two groups.

The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017)

Hawks: F Mike Scott was assigned to the Long Island Nets of the NBA Development League, his third D-League assignment of the season.

Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017)

1v select something or someone for a specific purpose

The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

set apart, specify

dedicate

set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church

detail

assign to a specific task

choose, pick out, select, take

pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

2v give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

delegate, depute, designate

mandate

assign authority to

cast

select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet

post

assign to a post; put into a post

cast

assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors

devolve

pass on or delegate to another

task

assign a task to

place

place somebody in a particular situation or location

regiment

assign to a regiment

reassign, transfer

transfer somebody to a different position or location of work

delegate, depute

transfer power to someone

mandate

assign under a mandate

advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade

give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate

assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

place

assign to (a job or a home)

recast

cast again, in a different role

miscast

cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role

typecast

cast repeatedly in the same kind of role

second

transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment

exchange

hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent

tenure

give life-time employment to

bring up

promote from a lower position or rank

spot promote

promote on the spot

ennoble, entitle, gentle

give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

sideline

remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position

reduce

bring to humbler or weaker state or condition

favor, favour, prefer

promote or prefer over another

brevet

promote somebody by brevet, in the military

appoint, charge

assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

3v decide as to where something belongs in a scheme

The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

attribute

classify, relegate

assign to a class or kind

evaluate, judge, pass judgment

form a critical opinion of

4v give out

We were assigned new uniforms

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

allot, portion

allow, appropriate, earmark, reserve, set aside

give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

allocate, apportion

distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose

reallocate, reapportion

allocate, distribute, or apportion anew

ration, ration out

distribute in rations, as in the army

award, present

give, especially as an honor or reward

administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out

administer or bestow, as in small portions

5v attribute or give

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

put

repose

put or confide something in a person or thing

apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize

put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

6v attribute or credit to

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

ascribe, attribute, impute
impute

attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source

impute

attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source

carnalise, carnalize, sensualise, sensualize

ascribe to an origin in sensation

credit

give someone credit for something

reattribute

attribute to another source

anthropomorphise, anthropomorphize

ascribe human features to something

personate, personify

attribute human qualities to something

accredit, credit

ascribe an achievement to

blame, charge

attribute responsibility to

externalise, externalize, project

regard as objective

interiorise, interiorize, internalise, internalize

incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal

evaluate, judge, pass judgment

form a critical opinion of

7v transfer one's right to

Hyper

transfer

cause to change ownership

8v make undue claims to having

Syn|Hyper

arrogate

arrogate, claim, lay claim

demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to

单词	assign
释义	assign (once / 175 pages) v To assign is to specify something or someone for a specific purpose. If your sisters fight over whose turn it is to sit in the front seat, your parents may have to assign turns. The verb assign also means to transfer legal rights. You assign the deed to your house to new owners when you sell it. If you sort things into categories by characteristics, you are assigning them categories. When you make a budget, you assign each expense a category. Food and housing, for example, may be essential living expenses and medicine and doctor's visits may be health care. Chocolate gets its own category. WORD FAMILY assign: assignable, assignation, assigned, assignee, assigning, assignment, assigns, reassign+/assignable: unassignable/assignation: assignations/assigned: unassigned/assignee: assignees/assignment: assignments/reassign: reassigned, reassigning, reassignment, reassigns/reassignment: reassignments/unassignable: unassignably USAGE EXAMPLES Weaver graduated from the police academy last summer and was assigned to the Huntingdon barracks. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) In 2008, Greek researchers randomly assigned tennis players to one of two groups. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Hawks: F Mike Scott was assigned to the Long Island Nets of the NBA Development League, his third D-League assignment of the season. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1v select something or someone for a specific purpose The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper set apart, specify dedicate set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church detail assign to a specific task choose, pick out, select, take pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives 2v give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper delegate, depute, designate mandate assign authority to cast select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet post assign to a post; put into a post cast assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors devolve pass on or delegate to another task assign a task to place place somebody in a particular situation or location regiment assign to a regiment reassign, transfer transfer somebody to a different position or location of work delegate, depute transfer power to someone mandate assign under a mandate advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade give a promotion to or assign to a higher position break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate assign to a lower position; reduce in rank place assign to (a job or a home) recast cast again, in a different role miscast cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role typecast cast repeatedly in the same kind of role second transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment exchange hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent tenure give life-time employment to bring up promote from a lower position or rank spot promote promote on the spot ennoble, entitle, gentle give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility sideline remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position reduce bring to humbler or weaker state or condition favor, favour, prefer promote or prefer over another brevet promote somebody by brevet, in the military appoint, charge assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to 3v decide as to where something belongs in a scheme The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper attribute classify, relegate assign to a class or kind evaluate, judge, pass judgment form a critical opinion of 4v give out We were assigned new uniforms Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper allot, portion allow, appropriate, earmark, reserve, set aside give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause allocate, apportion distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose reallocate, reapportion allocate, distribute, or apportion anew ration, ration out distribute in rations, as in the army award, present give, especially as an honor or reward administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out administer or bestow, as in small portions 5v attribute or give Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper put repose put or confide something in a person or thing apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose 6v attribute or credit to Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper ascribe, attribute, impute impute attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source impute attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source carnalise, carnalize, sensualise, sensualize ascribe to an origin in sensation credit give someone credit for something reattribute attribute to another source anthropomorphise, anthropomorphize ascribe human features to something personate, personify attribute human qualities to something accredit, credit ascribe an achievement to blame, charge attribute responsibility to externalise, externalize, project regard as objective interiorise, interiorize, internalise, internalize incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal evaluate, judge, pass judgment form a critical opinion of 7v transfer one's right to Hyper transfer cause to change ownership 8v make undue claims to having Syn\|Hyper arrogate arrogate, claim, lay claim demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
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