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injury to someone caused by severe cold, usually to their toes, fingers, ears, or nose, that causes permanent loss of tissue

Keeping up appearances (Talking about how things seem)

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verb as in select and give a responsibility

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• hold responsible

verb as in set apart for a reason

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It is designed to listen to meetings with multiple participants and will parse discussion patterns to produce informative synopses and assign post-meeting action items.

Such randomized, double-blinded controlled trials randomly assign patients to receive a drug or a placebo, and don’t reveal to participants or doctors who is getting which.

That AI could pore over an astronaut’s symptoms and then recommend medical tests, make diagnoses and assign treatments.

So I rose beyond cleaning, to working as an operational dispatcher for cabin services in the American Airlines traffic control center, assign cleaning crews to each incoming aircraft.

Ideally, the Mars spaceship would be equipped with artificial intelligence that could consider an astronaut’s symptoms, recommend medical tests, make diagnoses and assign treatments.

Now the Kremlin will assign more loyal people to rule the region, mostly military leaders.

When we assign a primitive “not me” status to another individual or social group, it can—and does—take us down a destructive path.

Other folks can debate and assign blame for “who lost Iraq.”

Renee Richardson knows she'll likely never be able to assign blame for her son's death—she's done fighting for that.

Girls are directed through several pages of this until they are asked to assign the guy a series of pre-decided adjectives.

The designs of Russia have long been proverbial; but the exercise of the new art of printing may assign them new features.

With what honest pride did John Smith, the best farmer of them all, step to the fore and assign to each man his place!

If the lessee die, his executor or administrator can assign the remainder of his term.

As the lessee may assign or sublet unless forbidden, so may the lessor part with his interest in the leased premises.

If offered any dish of which you do not wish to partake, decline it, but do not assign any reason.

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Words related to assign are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word assign . Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

verb as in attribute responsibility or achievement

verb as in assign; give portion

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verb as in set aside

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On this page you'll find 166 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to assign, such as: accredit, allow, appoint, attach, authorize, and charge.

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Synonyms for assignment əˈsaɪn mənt as·sign·ment, this thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word assignment ., princeton's wordnet rate these synonyms: 0.0 / 0 votes.

assignment, duty assignment noun

a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)

"hazardous duty"

Synonyms: appointment , assigning , duty assignment , assignment , designation , grant , naming

assignment noun

the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another

Synonyms: appointment , assigning , duty assignment , designation , grant , naming

assignment, assigning noun

the act of distributing something to designated places or persons

"the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"

grant, assignment noun

(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

Synonyms: duty assignment , appointment , subsidisation , assigning , designation , naming , assignment , grant , concession , subsidization

an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)

appointment, assignment, designation, naming noun

the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

"the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"

Synonyms: duty assignment , appellation , appointment , date , appellative , assigning , designation , appointee , identification , assignment , naming , grant , fitting , engagement , denomination

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duty, homework, job, responsibility, task, chore, schoolwork

1. a piece of work that needs to be done regularly 2. something assigned to be read or studied

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pieces of work

because a assignment/task is an piece of work.

we need to finish our work: we need to finish our assignment.

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Synonyms: appointment , allotment , apportionment

Synonyms: ( Law. ) transfer , conveyance

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Synonyms: transfer , conveyance , apportionment , appointment , allotment , allocation , emplacement , determination specification , adducing

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List of paraphrases for "assignment":

allocation , developmental , assignments , assigning , divestiture , transfer , cession , mapping , development , allocations , posting , mission , relinquishment , conveyance , stations , attribution , mappings , allotment , allocating , assign , surrender , placement , subpoena , task , earmarking , award , transfers , appointment , disposal , dispatch , postings

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I feel that a different type of assignment or report could have been chosen.

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For the members of Chardonnay Antifa, here is your assignment with a copy of the First Amendment attached, i'm going to leave this here and I hope you learn something.

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Under Japanese labour law, if you are a permanent employee, refusing a job transfer or other job assignment is the same as saying that you are quitting, it’s so commonplace that people just think it’s normal.

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The opinion essay … was used an in-class assignment where the article was read together as a class, the teacher's purpose for introducing this essay was to introduce students to opinion writing while drawing correlations with 'The Watsons Go to Birmingham' as a secondary source to help support the context and events in the book.

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A lot of the pictures were just candids that he shot at an unexpected [time], [That occurred] during the shoot or even between when she was just sitting around and having a cup of tea or coffee or when she was casually relaxing… She was always comfortable with Milton. He wanted to take pictures of her almost as a character actress [in costume]… And these photos weren’t for a particular assignment. They were explorations… In time he got to know her in a more intimate way and she got to see herself portrayed in ways other than Hollywood style.

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Assignment synonyms

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• appointment responsibility, position
• job task, work
• designation address, giving
• duty task, work
• task work, duty
• chore task, work
• mission task, address
• distribution giving, collect
• allocation giving, collect
• commission task, responsibility
• grant giving, allocation
• charge responsibility, duty
• transfer law, shift
• nomination designation, selection
• allotment allocation, giving
• post responsibility, position
• exercise event
• homework responsibility, duty
• apportionment allocation, collect
• naming participle, designation
• office work, position
• responsibility duty
• consignment transfer, selecting or setting apart
• delegation selection, entrustment
• giving transfer, selecting or setting apart
• selection distribution, selecting or setting apart
• attribution give, selecting or setting apart
• ascription give, attribution

Synonyms of assigns

• as in tasks
• as in allots
• as in cedes
• as in appoints
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Thesaurus Definition of assigns

Synonyms & Similar Words

• commissions
• distributes
• administers
• contributes
• shares (out)
• parcels (out)
• metes (out)
• redistributes
• reallocates
• reapportions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deprives (of)
• appropriates
• confiscates
• relinquishes
• disposes of
• passes (down)
• expropriates
• constitutes
• inaugurates
• consecrates
• singles (out)

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“Assigns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assigns. Accessed 30 May. 2024.

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