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to assign
01
to give specific tasks, duties, or responsibilities to individuals or groups
Transitive: to assign a task
Ditransitive: to assign a task to sb | to assign sb a task
Examples
The teacher will assign homework to the students for the weekend.
02
to distribute or provide something to others
Transitive: to assign sth
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
assign
3rd person singular
assigns
Past simple
assigned
Past participle
assigned
Examples
The company assigned bonuses based on employee performance.
03
to allocate or reserve something for a particular use or purpose
Transitive: to assign sth for a purpose | to assign sth to a purpose
Examples
The manager assigned a budget for the new project.
04
to attribute or credit something as belonging to a particular person, group, or cause
Transitive: to assign sth to sb/sth
Examples
The success of the project was assigned to the hard work of the entire team.
05
to attribute or designate a specific reason, cause, or motive for something
Transitive: to assign sth as a reason or cause
Examples
The teacher assigned a lack of preparation as the reason for the student's poor performance.
06
to categorize or organize something into specific groups or classifications
Transitive: to assign sb/sth into categories | to assign sb/sth to categories
Examples
The teacher assigned the students to different groups for the class project.
07
to transfer legal rights or responsibilities to another person or entity
Transitive: to assign a right or liability to sb
Examples
She assigned her intellectual property rights to the publishing company.
Lexical Tree
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assigning
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