assignment

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The act of assigning

   The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.

   • This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee.
2. 2

   The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.

   • We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers.
3. 3

   An assigned task.

   • The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging.
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   1. 4

      A position to which one is assigned.

      • Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion.
   2. 5

      A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.

      • Mrs Smith gave out our assignments, and said we had to finish them by Monday.
   3. 6

      A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.

      • The assignment of the lease has not been finalised yet.
   4. 7

      A document that effects this transfer.

      • Once you receive the assignment in the post, be sure to sign it and send it back as soon as possible.
   5. 8

      An operation that assigns a value to a variable.

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