assign
/əˈsaɪn/
noun
- 1
An assignee.
- 2
A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
- 3
An assignment or appointment.
- 4
A design or purpose.
verb
- 1
To designate or set apart something for some purpose.
“to assign a day for trial”
- 2
To appoint or select someone for some office.
“to assign counsel for a prisoner”
- 3
To allot or give something as a task.
- 4
To attribute or sort something into categories.
- 5
To transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another.
- 6
To give (a value) to a variable.
“We assign 100 to x.”
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