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assignment
[ uh-sahyn-muhnt ]
noun
- something assigned, as a particular task or duty:
She completed the assignment and went on to other jobs.
Synonyms: ,
- a position of responsibility, post of duty, or the like, to which one is appointed:
He left for his assignment in the Middle East.
Synonyms: ,
- an act of assigning; appointment.
- Law.
- the transference of a right, interest, or title, or the instrument of transfer.
- a transference of property to assignees for the benefit of creditors.
assignment
/ əˈ²õ²¹Éª²Ô³¾É™²Ô³Ù /
noun
- something that has been assigned, such as a mission or task
- a position or post to which a person is assigned
- the act of assigning or state of being assigned
- law
- the transfer to another of a right, interest, or title to property, esp personal property
assignment of a lease
- the document effecting such a transfer
- the right, interest, or property transferred
- law (formerly) the transfer, esp by an insolvent debtor, of property in trust for the benefit of his creditors
- logic a function that associates specific values with each variable in a formal expression
- history a system (1789–1841) whereby a convict could become the unpaid servant of a freeman
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¾¾±²õa²õ·²õ¾±²µ²Ôm±ð²Ô³Ù noun
- ²Ô´Ç²Ôa²õ·²õ¾±²µ²Ôm±ð²Ô³Ù noun
- °ù±ða²õ·²õ¾±²µ²Ôm±ð²Ô³Ù noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of assignment1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The crusty bounty hunter was murdered during an attempted bust, but is resurrected by Satan and given a new assignment: tracking down demons who have escaped from Hell.
But his self-imposed deadline in the sport - before embarking on four years of dental school and a further two years of specialisation - is only serving to enhance his enjoyment of this current assignment.
Geier’s assignment to review the purported link was first reported by the Washington Post last week.
In the first week of July, they were mapping out his impending minor-league rehab assignment in pitching department meetings.
"I don't know if he understood the assignment or not, or if he was really feeling a certain kind of way,"
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