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Meaning
Verb
●
To
designate
or
set apart
(something) for some purpose.
●
To
appoint
or
select
(someone) for some office.
●
To
allot
or give (something) as a task.
●
To
attribute
or
sort
(something) into categories.
●
In LGBT:
To
attribute
or
sort
(something) into categories.
To
categorize
(someone) as
belonging
to the
male
or
female
sex.
●
In Law:
To
transfer
(property, a
legal
right, etc.) from one person to another.
●
In Programming:
To give (a value) to a variable.
Noun
●
An assignee.
●
A
thing
relating
or
belonging
to
something else
; an appurtenance.
●
An
assignment
or appointment.
●
A design or purpose.
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Origin
assign
English
assigner
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Allocate
Consign
Earmark
Convey
Transfer
Allow
Allocated
Advance
Set Apart
Related
Designate
Ascribe
Attach
Delegate
Attribute
Select
Submit
Confine
Append
Add
Define
Distribute
Give
Specify
Appoint
Introduce
Send
Apply
Arrange
Refer
Impute
Classify
Locate
Allot
Identify
Apportion
Connect
Configure
Grant
Insert
Schedule
Upload
Adjust
Divide
Obtain
Direct
Link
Request
Execute
Manage
Receive
Update
Create
Deploy
Handle
Inform
Convert
Place
Assume
Present
Pick
Acquire
Handover
Calculate
Declare
Categorize
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Rhymes
Pine
Tine
Dyne
Jain
Sine
Nine
Sign
Wine
Line
Dine
Vine
Fine
Mine
Kine
Rine
Rhine
Aline
Cline
Align
Thine
Spine
Swine
Whine
Klein
Shine
Opine
Dwine
Rhine
Stein
Rhyne
Trine
Brine
Twine
Chine
Design
Strine
Spline
Refine
Define
Divine
Canine
Ashine
Assign
Obsign
Atrine
Berine
Shrine
Resign
Quinine
Recline
Entwine
Decline
Despine
Combine
Asinine
Anodyne
Confine
Incline
Consign
Headsign
Pristine
Redesign
Einstein
Arretine
Underline
Undermine
Undersign
Liechtenstein
Soft Sign
Gunter'S Line
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