Dictionary Check: assign

"assign" is a valid word!

Scrabble 7 points
Words with Friends 9 points

Definition

verb

give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

verb

give out

Example: "We were assigned new uniforms"
Synonyms:
verb

attribute or credit to

Example: "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"
verb

select something or someone for a specific purpose

Example: "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
Synonyms:
verb

attribute or give

Example: "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"
Synonyms:
put
verb

make undue claims to having

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