assigning
Giving out tasks
Assigning is giving someone a task, role, or resource.
Teachers assign homework; managers assign projects.
You can assign a value to a variable, assign blame for a failure, or assign seats at a wedding.
The word implies authority—the assigner has power to allocate: They're assigning new cases to junior attorneys.
Assigning a label
- appointingSelecting for a position
- labelingAssigning identifying markers
- taggingAttaching identifying markers
- codingWriting software instructions
marking · classifying · categorizing · identifying · denoting · specifying · nominating · selecting
Allocating work to someone
- entrustingGiving for safekeeping
- deputizingAppointing a stand-in
- commissioningOrdering work to be made
- chargingRestoring electrical power
empowering · mandating · authorizing · devolving · consigning · handing off · briefing · instructing
Distribution of shares
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- apportionmentDivision into shares
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
partitioning · divvying · parceling · meting · doling · earmarking · appropriation · disbursement
Assigning recognition to someone
- ascribingAssigning cause or origin
- imputingAttributing to a source
- attributingAssigning origin or cause
- blamingAssigning responsibility for wrongdoing
accrediting · sourcing · referencing · citing · linking · connecting · associating · tracing
naming
Assigning a label
- appointingSelecting for a position
- labelingAssigning identifying markers
- taggingAttaching identifying markers
coding · marking · classifying · categorizing · identifying · denoting · specifying · nominating · selecting · titling
tasking
Allocating work to someone
- entrustingGiving for safekeeping
- deputizingAppointing a stand-in
- commissioningOrdering work to be made
charging · empowering · mandating · authorizing · devolving · consigning · handing off · briefing · instructing · seconding
allocation
Distribution of shares
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- apportionmentDivision into shares
rationing · partitioning · divvying · parceling · meting · doling · earmarking · appropriation · disbursement · provisioning
crediting
Assigning recognition to someone
- ascribingAssigning cause or origin
- imputingAttributing to a source
- attributingAssigning origin or cause
blaming · accrediting · sourcing · referencing · citing · linking · connecting · associating · tracing · pinpointing
- assigningallocating, appointing, attributing, crediting, delegating
- delegationdelegating, entrusting, tasking, handing off, handoff
- entrustingdelegating, handing over, consigning, committing, charging
- teachingteaching, lesson plans, instructing, educating, courses
- leadershipleadership styles, leader, leadership skills, boss, leading
- randomizationrandom, randomize, randomizer, RNG, random number generator
assigningdismissing
Removing from position
discharging · firing · relieving · removing · terminating
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