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assignment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | duty assignment |
| Type of | duty |
| Has types | mission, fatigue, fatigue duty, guard, guard duty, charge, shore duty, shipboard duty, commission, service abroad, sentry go, sentry duty, sea-duty, reassignment |
| Derivation | assign |
assignment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | assigning |
| Type of | distribution |
| Has types | storage allocation, allocation |
| Derivation | assign |
the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum.
assignment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | appointment, designation, naming |
| Type of | determination, decision, conclusion |
| Has types | ordinance, delegacy, recognition, nomination, co-option, co-optation, ordination |
| Derivation | assign |
assignment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | grant |
| Type of | transferred property, transferred possession |
| Has types | apanage, land grant, appanage |
| Derivation | assign |
assignment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | task, undertaking, project, labor |
| Has types | written assignment, school assignment, schoolwork, writing assignment |
| Derivation | assign |
assignment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | legal document, instrument, legal instrument, official document |
| Derivation | assign |
Examples of assignment
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In 2008, she carried out a similar assignment that focused more heavily on Iraq.
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In other words, this is a dream assignment for crisis managers and spin doctors.
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Among ants, the workers'first assignment is to attend to the queen's every need.
From the dailyherald.com
The assignment did not suit him, although he showed occasional flashes of style.
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Head struggled early as he was given the assignment of defending William Buford.
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Zimmerman was 8 for 21 with three RBIs in six games during his rehab assignment.
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Prior to his current assignment, Chalian was ABC News'deputy political director.
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D'Annibale is a general assignment photographer who enjoys wildlife photography.
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I am ashamed because I not only failed, but it was an assignment I did not want.
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- A duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces); "hazardous duty"
- The instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
- The act of distributing something to designated places or persons; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"
- Grant: (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
- An undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
- Appointment: the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
- In computer science the assignment statement sets or re-sets the value stored in the storage location(s) denoted by a variable name. In most imperative computer programming languages the assignment statement is one of the basic statements.
- Homework, or homework assignment, refers to tasks assigned to students by their teachers to be completed mostly outside of class, and derives its name from the fact that most students do the majority of such work at home. ...
- An assignment (Latin cessio) is a term used with similar meanings in the law of contracts and in the law of real estate. In both instances, it encompasses the transfer of rights held by one partyu2014the assignoru2014to another partyu2014the assignee. The details of the assignment determines some additional rights and liabilities (or duties).
