assign

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To give someone a particular task or job to do.

   The teacher assigned each student a chapter to read.

2. 2
   verb

   To choose someone or something for a particular purpose or place.

   I was assigned to the team working on the new project.

3. 3
   verb

   To give something out to people as their share.

   The manager assigned new uniforms to all the staff.

4. 4
   verb

   To legally transfer your right to something to another person.

   He assigned the rights to the song to his record company.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *seknomdenom. Proto-Italic *seknāō Latin signō Latin assignōlbor. Old French assignerbor. Middle English assignen English assign From Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, asigner, from Latin assignō, from ad- + signō (“mark, sign”).

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