Meaning of assign

Definition of assign

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

give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"

attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"

select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"

attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"

make undue claims to having

transfer one's right to

decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"

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