assign

Definition

  • v. give out
  • v. select something or someone for a specific purpose
  • v. transfer one's right to
  • v. decide as to where something belongs in a scheme

Word forms

Past participle
assigned
Present participle
assigning
Third person singular
assigns
Past tense
assigned

Example sentences

  1. vt.

    The teacher decided to assign a group project to her students.

  2. vt.

    In the programming course, we learned how to assign values to variables.