What is the meaning of assigning?

noun

• The act of distributing something to designated places or persons.
  • usage: "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"
  • synonyms: assignment

verb

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