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assigning
Overview of noun assigning
The noun assigning has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) assignment, assigning -- (the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum")
Overview of verb assign
The verb assign has 8 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (15) delegate, designate, depute, assign -- (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))
2. (15) assign, allot, portion -- (give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms")
3. (7) impute, ascribe, assign, attribute -- (attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats")
4. (7) assign, specify, set apart -- (select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise")
5. (1) put, assign -- (attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story")
6. arrogate, assign -- (make undue claims to having)
7. assign -- (transfer one's right to)
8. assign, attribute -- (decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun assigning
1 sense of assigning
Sense 1
assignment, assigning
=> distribution
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun assigning
1 sense of assigning
Sense 1
assignment, assigning
=> allocation, storage allocation
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun assigning
1 sense of assigning
Sense 1
assignment, assigning
=> distribution
Antonyms of noun assigning
Member Holonyms of noun assigning
Substance Holonyms of noun assigning
Part Holonyms of noun assigning
Member Meronyms of noun assigning
Substance Meronyms of noun assigning
Part Meronyms of noun assigning
Meronyms of noun assigning
Holonyms of noun assigning
Attributes of noun assigning
Derived Forms of noun assigning
Domain of noun assigning
Domain Terms of noun assigning
Familiarity of noun assigning
assigning used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun assigning
1 sense of assigning
Sense 1
assignment, assigning
> distribution
=> assignment, assigning
=> redistribution
=> dispensation
=> allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
=> deal
=> revenue sharing
=> sharing, share-out
Meronyms of noun assigning
1 sense of assigning
Holonyms of noun assigning
Grep of noun assigning
assigning
Antonyms of verb assign
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb assign
8 senses of assign
Sense 1
delegate, designate, depute, assign
=> appoint, charge
Sense 2
assign, allot, portion
=> distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 3
impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 4
assign, specify, set apart
=> choose, take, select, pick out
=> decide, make up one's mind, determine
Sense 5
put, assign
=> use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
Sense 6
arrogate, assign
=> claim, lay claim, arrogate
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Sense 7
assign
=> transfer
Sense 8
assign, attribute
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb assign
6 of 8 senses of assign
Sense 1
delegate, designate, depute, assign
=> mandate
=> cast
=> post
=> cast
=> devolve
=> task
=> place
=> regiment
=> transfer, reassign
=> delegate, depute
=> mandate
=> promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
=> demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
=> place
Sense 2
assign, allot, portion
=> allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve
=> allocate, apportion
Sense 3
impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
=> impute
=> sensualize, carnalize
=> credit
=> reattribute
=> anthropomorphize, anthropomorphise
=> personify, personate
=> accredit, credit
=> blame, charge
=> project, externalize, externalise
=> internalize, internalise, interiorize, interiorise
Sense 4
assign, specify, set apart
=> dedicate
=> detail
Sense 5
put, assign
=> repose
Sense 8
assign, attribute
=> relegate, classify
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb assign
8 senses of assign
Sense 1
delegate, designate, depute, assign
=> appoint, charge
Sense 2
assign, allot, portion
=> distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
Sense 3
impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
Sense 4
assign, specify, set apart
=> choose, take, select, pick out
Sense 5
put, assign
=> use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
Sense 6
arrogate, assign
=> claim, lay claim, arrogate
Sense 7
assign
=> transfer
Sense 8
assign, attribute
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
'Cause To' of verb assign
Derived Forms of verb assign
5 of 8 senses of assign
Sense 1
delegate, designate, depute, assign
RELATED TO>(noun) assignment#1
=> assignment, duty assignment
RELATED TO>(noun) assignment#6
=> appointment, assignment, designation, naming
Sense 2
assign, allot, portion
RELATED TO>(noun) assignation#2
=> allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
Sense 4
assign, specify, set apart
RELATED TO>(noun) assignment#5
=> assignment
Sense 7
assign
RELATED TO>(adj) assignable#1
=> assignable, conveyable, negotiable, transferable, transferrable
RELATED TO>(noun) assignment#4
=> grant, assignment
RELATED TO>(noun) assignment#2
=> assignment
RELATED TO>(noun) assignee#1
=> assignee
Sense 8
assign, attribute
RELATED TO>(noun) assignment#3
=> assignment, assigning
Domain of verb assign
Domain Terms of verb assign
Familiarity of verb assign
assign used as a verb is common (polysemy count =8)
Sample Sentences of verb assign
8 senses of assign
Sense 1
delegate, designate, depute, assign
EX: They assign him to write the letter
Sense 2
assign, allot, portion
EX: They assign cars to the tourists
EX: They assign the tourists their cars
Sense 3
impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
*> Somebody ----s something to somebody
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 4
assign, specify, set apart
*> Somebody ----s somebody PP
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 5
put, assign
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 6
arrogate, assign
*> Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 7
assign
*> Somebody ----s somebody something
*> Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 8
assign, attribute
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb assign
8 senses of assign
Sense 1
delegate, designate, depute, assign
> appoint, charge
=> delegate, designate, depute, assign
=> depute, deputize, deputise
=> name, nominate, make
=> empower, authorise, authorize
=> accredit
=> create
Sense 2
assign, allot, portion
> distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
=> assign, allot, portion
=> reallot
=> deal
=> give, apply
Sense 3
impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> rate, rank, range, order, grade, place
=> stand
=> approve
=> disapprove
=> choose
=> prejudge
=> measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value
=> reappraise
=> reject
=> accept
=> think, believe, consider, conceive
=> calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast
=> expect, anticipate
=> impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
=> assign, attribute
=> disapprove, reject
=> declare, adjudge, hold
=> review, critique
=> fail
=> pass
=> test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay
Sense 4
assign, specify, set apart
> choose, take, select, pick out
=> empanel, impanel, panel
=> anoint
=> field
=> sieve, sift
=> draw
=> dial
=> plump, go
=> pick
=> elect
=> excerpt, extract, take out
=> cull out, winnow
=> cream off, skim off
=> sieve out, pick over
=> assign, specify, set apart
=> single out
=> think of
=> specify, set, determine, fix, limit
=> adopt, follow, espouse
=> screen, screen out, sieve, sort
=> vote in
=> elect
=> nominate, propose
=> vote
=> side, go with
Sense 5
put, assign
> use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
=> give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote
=> play
=> play
=> pull out all the stops
=> put, assign
=> ply
=> address
=> waste
=> misapply, misuse
=> avail
=> overuse, overdrive
=> cannibalize, cannibalise
=> recycle, reprocess, reuse
=> exploit, work
=> exploit, tap
=> strain, extend
=> exert, exercise
=> enjoy
=> take
=> share
=> work, put to work
=> implement
=> fall back, resort, recur
Sense 6
arrogate, assign
> claim, lay claim, arrogate
=> pretend
=> requisition
=> arrogate, assign
Sense 7
assign
> transfer
=> give
=> alien, alienate
=> negociate
=> convey
=> desacralize, secularize
=> assign
=> pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
=> exchange, change, interchange
=> distribute
Sense 8
assign, attribute
> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> rate, rank, range, order, grade, place
=> stand
=> approve
=> disapprove
=> choose
=> prejudge
=> measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value
=> reappraise
=> reject
=> accept
=> think, believe, consider, conceive
=> calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast
=> expect, anticipate
=> impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
=> assign, attribute
=> disapprove, reject
=> declare, adjudge, hold
=> review, critique
=> fail
=> pass
=> test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb assign
Sense 1
delegate, designate, depute, assign
=> appoint, charge
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Sense 2
assign, allot, portion
=> distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
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Sense 3
impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
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Sense 4
assign, specify, set apart
=> choose, take, select, pick out
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Sense 5
put, assign
=> use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
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Sense 6
arrogate, assign
=> claim, lay claim, arrogate
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Sense 7
assign
=> transfer
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Sense 8
assign, attribute
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
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Grep of verb assign
assign
reassign
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