assigns

Allocates to others

Assigns is the verb assign in its third-person singular form, meaning to designate, allocate, or give out: The teacher assigns homework every Friday.

Someone assigns tasks, roles, blame, or meaning.

In legal contexts, assigns as a noun refers to people to whom property or rights have been transferred: heirs and assigns.

task

responsibility

State of being answerable

job · chore · duty · work · exercise · reading · problems · questions · roles · parts

allocate

funds

Available financial resources

allocation · distribution · apportionment · allotment · quota · share · proportion · earmark · grant · subsidy

authority

power

Energy transfer rate

governance · leadership · management · administration · mandate · direction · oversight · authorization · clearance · access

delegate

representative

One who acts for another

deputy · liaison · designee · appointee · substitute · replacement · backup · alternate · point person · contact

Categories
Opposites
task/duty delegation

assignsrevokes

Formally cancels or withdraws

withdraws · rescinds · cancels · retracts · retains

personnel allocation

assignsdismisses

Terminates or rejects

discharges · removes · relieves · releases · fires

property/resource transfer

assignsretains

Continues to possess

withholds · keeps · reclaims · revokes · takes back

Phrases
Family

assign, assignment, assigned, assigning, assignments, reassigned, reassign, assignation, assignee

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