Assign

[v] select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
[v] attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
[v] decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"
[v] put something on or into (abstractly) assign; ; "She put much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"
[v] transfer one's right to
[v] give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"
[v] make undue claims to having
[v] give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

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Synonyms

allot, arrogate, ascribe, ascribe, attribute, delegate, depute, designate, impute, portion, put, repute, set apart, specify

Related Terms

abalienate, accredit, alien, alienate, allocate, allot, allow, amortize, apply, appoint, apportion, appropriate, appropriate to, ascribe, assign to, associate, attach, attribute, authorize, barter, bequeath, carry over, cede, charge, charter, choose, clas