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Synonyms for assign
əˈsaɪnas·sign
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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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Princeton's WordNet
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, fateassign, 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, accordimpute, ascribe, assign, attributeverb
attribute or credit to
"We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
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depute, delegate, designate, specify, ascribe, attribute, portion, set apart, put, allot, impute, arrogateassign, 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 downput, 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, allotarrogate, 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, allotassignverb
transfer one's right to
Synonyms:
depute, portion, delegate, allot, specify, ascribe, attribute, designate, set apart, put, impute, arrogateassign, 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
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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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?
A child will store the event in memory based on the narrative you assign the event, for this age range, stick to basic facts and turn off the TV.
We were distracted during our antitrust trial, we didn't assign the best people to do the work.
The employee enters into this conversation with a curious, teaming objective and may have formulated some ideas about what aspects of their job they would like to carve out and assign to a peer, if it is presented as an opportunity for the employee to devote more of their time and energy into the aspect of their job that they excel at, it becomes a win/win scenario for their boss.
You may have to help the person use the facilities, you can assign one person in the family to help them and to establish their routine.
Simply being at the wrong place where someone else shows up and then starts firing at police officers is not a reason to assign culpability to someone else.
Translations for assign
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- تعيين شخص لعمل ماArabic
- определям, назначавам, приписвам, предназначавам, възлагамBulgarian
- přidělit, přiřaditCzech
- zuweisenGerman
- asigniEsperanto
- asignar, designarSpanish
- اختصاص دادنPersian
- valita, määrätä, nimittää, luovuttaa, antaa, siirtää, myöntääFinnish
- designer, attribuerFrench
- átenged, átruházHungarian
- menetapkanIndonesian
- asignarIdo
- attribuire, accantonare, categorizzare, assegnareItalian
- 任命, 譲渡, 割り当てるJapanese
- tildeleNorwegian
- toewijzenDutch
- przydzielaćPolish
- designar, atribuir, imputar, conceder, conferirPortuguese
- împărțiRomanian
- определя́ть, определи́ть, назна́чить, назнача́тьRussian
- chỉ địnhVietnamese
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