ASSIGNS Synonyms
There are 30 hypernyms of the word assigns. (close relations)
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| Word | Save | More Find | Usage | Type | ||
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| allocate | verbv | |||||
verb • distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | ||||||
| delegate | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a person appointed or elected to represent others verb • transfer power to someone • give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | ||||||
| designate | verbv | |||||
adjective satellite • appointed but not yet installed in office verb • assign a name or title to • give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) • indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively • decree or designate beforehand • design or destine | ||||||
| appoint | verbv | |||||
verb • create and charge with a task or function • assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to • furnish | ||||||
| bestow | verbv | |||||
verb • present • give as a gift • bestow a quality on | ||||||
| entrust | verbv | |||||
verb • confer a trust upon • put into the care or protection of someone | ||||||
| give | verbv | |||||
noun • the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length verb • cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense • be the cause or source of • transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody • convey or reveal information • convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow • organize or be responsible for • convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture • give as a present; make a gift of • cause to happen or be responsible for • dedicate • give or supply • transmit (knowledge or skills) • bring about • leave with; give temporarily • emit or utter • endure the loss of • place into the hands or custody of • give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause • give (as medicine) • give or convey physically • bestow • bestow, especially officially • move in order to make room for someone for something • give food to • contribute to some cause • break down, literally or metaphorically • estimate the duration or outcome of something • execute and deliver • deliver in exchange or recompense • afford access to • present to view • perform for an audience • be flexible under stress of physical force • propose • accord by verdict • manifest or show • offer in good faith • submit for consideration, judgment, or use • guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion • allow to have or take • inflict as a punishment • occur • consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man • proffer (a body part) | ||||||
| grant | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978) • any monetary aid • the act of providing a subsidy • United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986) • 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) • (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance • a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business • a right or privilege that has been granted verb • let have • give as judged due or on the basis of merit • be willing to concede • allow to have • bestow, especially officially • give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another • transfer by deed | ||||||
| task | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted • a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee verb • assign a task to • use to the limit | ||||||
| hand over | verbv | |||||
verb • to surrender someone or something to another | ||||||
| attribute | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished • an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity verb • attribute or credit to • decide as to where something belongs in a scheme | ||||||
| allot | verbv | |||||
verb • give out • allow to have • administer or bestow, as in small portions | ||||||
| arrogate | verbv | |||||
verb • demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to • make undue claims to having • seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession | ||||||
| ascribe | verbv | |||||
verb • attribute or credit to | ||||||
| consign | ||||||
verb • commit forever; commit irrevocably • give over to another for care or safekeeping • send to an address | ||||||
| convey | verbv | |||||
verb • (of information) make known; pass on • serve as a means for expressing something • transfer to another • transmit a title or property • transmit or serve as the medium for transmission • take something or somebody with oneself somewhere • go or come after and bring or take back | ||||||
| depute | verbv | |||||
verb • transfer power to someone • appoint as a substitute • give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | ||||||
| earmark | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal • a distinctive characteristic or attribute of someone or something verb • give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause | ||||||
| impute | verbv | |||||
verb • attribute or credit to • attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source | ||||||
| portion | nounn | |||||
noun • something determined in relation to something that includes it • something less than the whole of a human artifact • the allotment of some amount by dividing something • assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group • your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) • money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage • an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal verb • give out | ||||||
