assign
Give a task
Assign means to designate or allocate something for a particular purpose or person.
A teacher assigns homework; a manager assigns tasks to employees.
You can assign blame, assign a value to a variable, or be assigned to a project.
In law, to assign is to transfer rights or property to another: She assigned the lease to her business partner.
The noun assignment covers both the act and the thing assigned.
Propose as candidate
- nameIdentifying word for someone
- selectCarefully pick from options
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- commissionPayment for services rendered
deputize · authorize · empower · install · place · hire · recruit · choose
Available assets or supplies
- budgetPlan for spending
- fundsAvailable financial resources
- tasksUnits of work
- rolesPositions or functions held
duties · responsibilities · workload · capital · personnel · equipment · time · space
Arrange by shared traits
- labelIdentifying attachment or marker
- groupAssembled collection of things
- sortMethod of ordering
- pigeonholeClassify too rigidly
typecast · stereotype · characterize · tag · code · number · rank · grade
Recognition or payment deferral
- blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
- causationProduction of effects
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- authorshipOrigin of written work
origin · meaning · value · significance · weight · importance · priority · cause
nominate
Propose as candidate
- nameIdentifying word for someone
- selectCarefully pick from options
- delegateEntrust authority to another
commission · deputize · authorize · empower · install · place · hire · recruit · choose · elect
resources
Available assets or supplies
roles · duties · responsibilities · workload · capital · personnel · equipment · time · space · seats
classify
Arrange by shared traits
pigeonhole · typecast · stereotype · characterize · tag · code · number · rank · grade · rate
credit
Recognition or payment deferral
- blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
- causationProduction of effects
- responsibilityState of being answerable
authorship · origin · meaning · value · significance · weight · importance · priority · cause · motive
commit
Bind to a course
set aside · consecrate · surrender · sacrifice · focus · direct · channel · apply
- delegation phrasesdelegate, pass the buck, hand off, farm out, outsource
- organizecategorize, classify, sort, arrange, group
- dividing and givingdistribute, allocate, divide, give, share
- leadership verbslead, command, direct, manage, supervise
- transfer verbsgive, pass, send, share, hand
- work verbswork, hire, fire, quit, retire
- understood the assignmentFulfilled expectations completely
- assigned seats
- homework assignmentsTasks assigned for home
- gate assignmentsDesignated departure points
- assigned seatingPre-determined seat locations
- reading assignmentDesignated pages to study
assignment, assigned, assigning, assignments, assigns, reassigned, reassign, assignation, assignee