What is the meaning of assigned?

Subtopics: or stated 

verb

  • Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person.
  • Give out.
    • usage: "We were assigned new uniforms"
  • Attribute or credit to.
    • usage: "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
  • Select something or someone for a specific purpose.
    • usage: "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
  • Attribute or give.
    • usage: "She put too 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"
  • Make undue claims to having.
  • Transfer one's right to.
  • Decide as to where something belongs in a scheme.
    • usage: "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"

adjective

  • Appointed to a post or duty.
    • usage: "assigned personnel"; "assigned duties"
8
 
|15 years ago|1k views|share |citing 
APAWordNet. (2010). assigned. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/assigned/definitions/1168551
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "assigned" http://smartdefine.org/assigned/definitions/1168551 (accessed September 22, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, assigned, Smart Define, viewed 22 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/assigned/definitions/1168551>.
MLAWordNet. "assigned" 23 October 2010. Web. 22 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/assigned/definitions/1168551>
{ class="autoclick" }next definition (/)