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consign
[ kuhn-sahyn ]
verb (used with object)
- to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed by to ).
Synonyms: ,
- to transfer to another's custody or charge; entrust.
Synonyms:
- to set apart for or devote to (a special purpose or use):
to consign two afternoons a week to the club.
- to banish or set apart in one's mind; relegate:
to consign unpleasant thoughts to oblivion.
- Commerce.
- to ship, as by common carrier, especially for sale or custody.
- to address for such shipment.
- Obsolete. to confirm or ratify, as with a seal or other token.
verb (used without object)
- to agree or assent.
- Obsolete. to yield or submit.
consign
/ əˈɪ /
verb
- to hand over or give into the care or charge of another; entrust
- to commit irrevocably
he consigned the papers to the flames
- to commit for admittance
to consign someone to jail
- to address or deliver (goods) for sale, disposal, etc
it was consigned to his London address
- obsolete.intr to assent; agree
Derived Forms
- ˌDzԲˈپDz, noun
- DzˈԲ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- Dz·a· adjective
- Dz··Բ·پDz [kon-sig-, ney, -sh, uh, n], noun
- cDz· verb (used with object)
- cDz· verb (used with object)
- unDz·a· adjective
- ܲcDz·Ա adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of consign1
Example Sentences
It reawakened the ghosts of the country's violent, dictatorial past, showing people that martial law was not, as most had assumed, consigned to history.
As you are consigned to a fate far greater than death, I can draw on the love and strength that I still feel from the girls in every moment of every day.
But do the UK and France now have a chance of consigning the small boats to history?
The damage caused by England's Champions Trophy campaign may not be consigned to three matches in eight days in Pakistan.
"What they're doing is consigning the countryside to this industrial wasteland of solar panels."
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