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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryas·sign I \ə-ˈsīn\ transitive verb ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French assigner, from Latin assignare, from ad- + signare to mark, from signum mark, sign DATE 13th century1. to transfer (property) to another especially in trust or for the benefit of creditors2. a. to appoint to a post or duty assigned them to light duty assigned me two clerks b. to appoint as a duty or task assigns 20 pages for homework3. to fix or specify in correspondence or relationship assign counsel to the defendant assign a value to the variable4. a. to ascribe as a motive, reason, or cause especially after deliberation b. to consider to belong to (a specified period of time)Synonyms: see ascribe• as·sign·abil·i·ty \-ˌsī-nə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun• as·sign·able \-ˈsī-nə-bəl\ adjective• as·sign·er \ə-ˈsī-nər\ or as·sign·or \ˌa-sə-ˈnȯr, ˌa-ˌsī-, ə-ˌsī-\ noun II noun DATE 15th century: assignee 3 heirs and assignsEnglish Etymologyassign c.1300, from O.Frhttp://O.Fr. assigner (13c.), from L. assignare "to mark out, to allot by sign," from ad- "to" + signare "make a sign," from signum "mark" (see sign). Main original use was in Eng. law, in transferences of personal property. General meaning "to fix, settle, determine, appoint" is from c.1300.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7assignas·sign / E5sain / verb1. ~ sth (to sb) | ~ (sb) sth to give sb sth that they can use, or some work or responsibility 分配(某物)；分派,布置(工作、任务等): ▪ [VN] The two large classrooms have been assigned to us. 这两间大教室分配给了我们。 The teacher assigned a different task to each of the children. 老师给每个儿童布置的作业都不相同。 ▪ [VNN] We have been assigned the two large classrooms. 我们分得了这两间大教室。 The teacher assigned each of the children a different task. 老师给每个儿童都布置了不同的作业。 2. ~ sb (to sth / as sth) to provide a person for a particular task or position 指定；指派: ▪ [VN] They've assigned their best man to the job. 他们指派了最优秀的人担任这项工作。 ▪ [VN to inf] British forces have been assigned to help with peacekeeping. 英国军队被派遣协助维持和平。 3. [VN] [usually passive] ~ sb to sb / sth to send a person to work under the authority of sb or in a particular group 委派；派遣: I was assigned to B platoon. 我被派到 B 排工作。 4. ~ sth to sth to say that sth has a particular value or function, or happens at a particular time or place 确定(价值、功能、时间、地点): ▪ [VN] Assign a different colour to each different type of information. 给每类信息分别确定一种颜色。 ▪ [VNN] The painting cannot be assigned an exact date. 这幅画的年代确定不了。 5. [VN] ~ sth to sb (law 律) to say that your property or rights now belong to sb else 转让,让与(财产、权利): The agreement assigns copyright to the publisher. 协议规定将版权转让给出版商。 OLTassign verb⇨ allocate (assign a task to sb)⇨ send 2 (assign your best man to the job)Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedas·signI. \əˈsīn also aˈ-\ transitive verb(-ed/-ing/-s)Etymology: Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, from Latin assignare, adsignare, from ad- + signare to mark, mark out, designate — more at sign1. : to transfer to another in writing (one's title to or interest in property, especially intangible property) < assign a bond by an endorsement >specifically : to transfer (property) to another in trust or for the benefit of creditors < the bankrupt must also assign all of his patents to the receiver >2. a. : to appoint (one) to a post or duty < she was assigned to the laboratory and school — Current Biography > < though assigned only menial tasks — B.L.Robinson > specifically : to order (an individual or unit) to serve more or less permanently as an organic member of a particular military organization — distinguished from attach b. : prescribe < carbines are assigned for guard duty > < the teacher assigned the next 20 pages of the text >3. : specify, select, designate : fix authoritatively or exactly < assign a limit > < assign counsel > < assign a day for trial >4. a. : to give, adduce, or allege by way of explanation or cause especially after deliberation < financial difficulties … were assigned as the probable cause of his suicide — G.S.Bryan > b. : to think of after deliberation as characterizing or being possessed as indicated : allot, endow < by assigning to a nation energy and honesty as its chief spiritual characteristics — Matthew Arnold > c. : to regard as done by or during : reckon as composed, made, or executed as indicated < the temple of Baal Lebanon, which is assigned to the eleventh century B.C. — Edward Clodd >5. archaic : to point out : show < the dwarf the way to her assigned — Edmund Spenser >Synonyms: see allot, ascribe, prescribeII. noun(-s)Etymology: Middle English assigne, from Middle French assigné— more at assignee1. : assignee b2. obsolete : assignee a

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