assignment
Work you're given
An assignment is a task given to someone as part of their job or studies: The reporter got the assignment to cover the trial, I have three assignments due this week.
Assignment also means the act of assigning—allocating resources, designating roles, or transferring rights: the assignment of seats, the assignment of a patent.
In military and diplomatic contexts, an assignment is a posting: His first assignment was in Germany.
Required moral task
- rolePosition or part
- chargeCost or accusation
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
delegation · entrustment · accountability · burden · function · task · appointment · designation
Planned, effortful task
- homeworkStudent assignments for outside class
- exerciseActivity for fitness
- worksheetExercise page for students
- problem setAssigned practice questions
activity · duty · job · work · chore · undertaking · mission · errand
Student academic tasks
- essayShort argumentative prose work
- paperPressed pulp for writing
- readingInterpreting written text
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
thesis · dissertation · laboratory · quiz · exam · grading · syllabus · curriculum
Organized distribution of resources
- missionPurpose-driven task
- postingPublishing content online
- stationFixed stopping point
- detailSingle small element
rotation · tour · orders · briefing · reconnaissance · patrol · operation · command
Account of events
- articleWritten piece or grammatical word
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- reportFormal written findings
- pieceA portion or segment
column · feature · profile · interview · scoop · coverage · deadline · byline
Enforceable written agreement
- deedWritten property conveyance
- transferMove between locations
- conveyanceTransfer of property rights
- allocationDistribution of shares
title · property · rights · beneficiary · lease · mortgage · patent · trademark
duty
Required moral task
- rolePosition or part
- chargeCost or accusation
- obligationRequired task or commitment
mandate · delegation · entrustment · accountability · burden · function · task · appointment · designation · allocation
project
Planned, effortful task
- homeworkStudent assignments for outside class
- exerciseActivity for fitness
- worksheetExercise page for students
problem set · activity · duty · job · work · chore · undertaking · mission · errand · responsibility
coursework
Student academic tasks
research · thesis · dissertation · laboratory · quiz · exam · grading · syllabus · curriculum · semester
deployment
Organized distribution of resources
detail · rotation · tour · orders · briefing · reconnaissance · patrol · operation · command · base
story
Account of events
piece · column · feature · profile · interview · scoop · coverage · deadline · byline · editor
contract
Enforceable written agreement
- deedWritten property conveyance
- transferMove between locations
- conveyanceTransfer of property rights
allocation · title · property · rights · beneficiary · lease · mortgage · patent · trademark · license
- schoolteachers, classrooms, classes, student, grades
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- school documentssyllabus, textbook, worksheet, handout, report card
- taskstask, tasks, chore, errand, to-dos
- work taskstasks, meetings, task, reminder, paperwork
- submissionssubmit, query letter, application, entry, request
assignmentunassignment
Removal of assigned duties
withdrawal · revocation · cancellation · removal · exemption
assignmentfree choice
Unrestricted decision-making power
choice · self-selection · voluntary work · initiative · passion project
- understood the assignmentFulfilled expectations completely
- homework assignmentsTasks assigned for home
- gate assignmentsDesignated departure points
- reading assignmentDesignated pages to study
- overseas assignment
- seat assignmentDesignated place to sit