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'assign' - used as a noun
1. (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred)

'assign' - used as a verb
2. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
3. give out or allot
We were assigned new uniforms
4. attribute or credit to
5. select something or someone for a specific purpose
The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise
6. attribute or give
7. make undue claims to having
8. transfer one's right to
9. decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class

derived forms
1. Assign / Plural
assigns
2. Assign / Past
assigned
3. Assign / Third Person
assigns
4. Assign / Present Participle
assigning
Variations of 'assign'
 
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It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block. - Click here to find out.
Fact of the day
In the 13th century, quality standards for paste were assigned by the Pope.