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1. The act of distributing something to designated places or persons
   - assignment

1. Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
   - delegate, designate, depute
    
2. Give out
   "We were assigned new uniforms"
   - allot, portion
    
3. Attribute or credit to
   - impute, ascribe, attribute
    
4. Select something or someone for a specific purpose
   "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
   - specify, set apart
    
5. Attribute or give
   - put
    
6. Make undue claims to having
   - arrogate
    
7. Transfer one's right to
    
8. Decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
   "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"
   - attribute

See also: assignable, assignation, assignee, assignment

Type of: administer, allot, apply, appoint, arrogate, charge, choose, claim, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, distribution, dole, dole out, employ, evaluate, judge, lay claim, lot, mete, mete out, parcel out, pass judgment, pick out, select, shell out, take, transfer, use, utilise [Brit], utilize

Encyclopedia: Assign