Synonyms for assign
əˈsaɪnas·sign

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1. assign

   To allege is formally to state as true or capable of proof, but without proving. To adduce, literally to lead to, is to bring the evidence up to what has been alleged. Adduce is a secondary word; nothing can be adduced in evidence till something has been stated or alleged, which the evidence is to sustain. An alleged fact stands open to question or doubt. To speak of an alleged document, an alleged will, an alleged crime, is either to question, or at least very carefully to refrain from admitting, that the document exists, that the will is genuine, or that the crime has been committed. Alleged is, however, respectful; to speak of the "so-called" will or deed, etc., would be to cast discredit upon the document, and imply that the speaker was ready to brand it as unquestionably spurious; alleged simply concedes nothing and leaves the question open. To produce is to bring forward, as, for instance, papers or persons. Adduce is not used of persons; of them we say introduce or produce. When an alleged criminal is brought to trial, the counsel on either side are accustomed to advance a theory, and adduce the strongest possible evidence in its support; they will produce documents and witnesses, cite precedents, assign reasons, introduce suggestions, offer pleas. The accused will usually assert his innocence. Compare STATE.

   Synonyms:
   adduce, advance, affirm, allege, assert, asseverate, aver, cite, claim, declare, introduce, maintain, offer, plead, produce, say, state

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1. assign

   Synonyms:
   attribute, apportion, allege, refer, specify, consign, intrust, commit, point out, allot to, adduce, advance, appoint, convey

   Antonyms:
   withhold, withdraw, resume, retain, refuse, disconnect, dissociate

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1. delegate, designate, depute, assignverb

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

   Synonyms:
   put, deputize, set apart, indicate, arrogate, show, doom, destine, portion, point, ascribe, specify, depute, delegate, designate, denominate, impute, attribute, intend, allot, deputise, fate

2. assign, allot, portionverb

   give out

   "We were assigned new uniforms"

   Synonyms:
   put, lot, grant, set apart, arrogate, parcel out, administer, allot, deal, mete out, portion, dispense, deal out, specify, depute, delegate, designate, ascribe, impute, dish out, dole out, attribute, distribute, shell out, accord

3. impute, ascribe, assign, attributeverb

   attribute or credit to

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

   Synonyms:
   depute, delegate, designate, specify, ascribe, attribute, portion, set apart, put, allot, impute, arrogate

4. assign, specify, set apartverb

   select something or someone for a specific purpose

   "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"

   Synonyms:
   sequester, particularise, qualify, narrow, put, portion, fix, allot, delineate, pin down, determine, particularize, define, specify, ascribe, intend, sequestrate, arrogate, nail down, delegate, destine, designate, specialize, depute, delimit, specialise, attribute, set apart, impute, delimitate, keep apart, stipulate, limit, set, condition, peg down, isolate, narrow down

5. put, assignverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   put, set apart, arrogate, set up, set, pose, frame, place, cast, lay, invest, portion, impute, redact, ascribe, arrange, depute, delegate, specify, designate, couch, position, commit, attribute, order, allot

6. arrogate, assignverb

   make undue claims to having

   Synonyms:
   claim, put, set apart, arrogate, designate, assume, portion, specify, depute, delegate, lay claim, usurp, ascribe, impute, attribute, take over, seize, allot

7. assignverb

   transfer one's right to

   Synonyms:
   depute, portion, delegate, allot, specify, ascribe, attribute, designate, set apart, put, impute, arrogate

8. assign, attributeverb

   decide as to where something belongs in a scheme

   "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"

   Synonyms:
   depute, portion, delegate, allot, specify, ascribe, attribute, designate, set apart, put, impute, arrogate

Matched Categories

1. • Apply
   • Appoint
   • Claim
   • Judge
   • Transfer

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1. assignverb

   Synonyms:
   apportion, allot, appoint, appropriate, cast

2. assignverb

   Synonyms:
   fix, specify, determine, designate

3. assignverb

   Synonyms:
   adduce, allege, advance, offer, give, present, bring forward

4. assignverb

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) transfer, convey, make over

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1. assignverb

   Synonyms:
   allot, apportion, appoint, transfer, make over, advance, adduce, specify

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1. List of paraphrases for "assign":

   allocate, assigning, allocating, map, assigned, assigns, allocation, assignment, mapped, attribute, assignable, entrust, earmark, affect, designate, give, allocates, cede

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How to use assign in a sentence?

1. Carl Tobias:

   Our request is not a selfish request; we only ask that you assign any monies to aid families who have suffered or are suffering from food borne illnesses. i don't have the impression that Parnell set out to kill people.

2. Jessica Reiss:

   From a company perspective, you want to keep your information to yourself, for a lender, you want to be able to assign the loan to as many people as possible because that's liquidity and you want to be able to buy and sell.

3. Nikos Kazantzakis:

   What, then is our duty It is to carefully distinguish the historic moment in which we live and to consciously assign our small energies to a specific battlefield. The more we are in phase with the current which leads the way, the more we aid man in his difficult, uncertain, danger-fraught ascent toward salvation.

4. Robin Green:

   Time is just something that we assign. You know, past, present, it's just all arbitrary. Most Native Americans, they don't think of time as linear in time, out of time, I never have enough time, circular time, the Stevens wheel. All moments are happening all the time.

5. Patrick Lynch:

   We agree that crime stats have to be accurate in order to know where and when to assign police resources, however, because of the serious shortage of police officers over the last decade and a half, management has consistently hammered police officers to reduce felonies to misdemeanors.