assign
Pronunciation
[change]- IPA (key): /əˈsaɪn/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: as‧sign
Verb
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- (transitive) When you assign a job to someone, you tell them to do it.
- That teacher always assigns too much homework.
- (transitive) To attribute or sort something into categories.
- No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor's life.