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1. The act of distributing something to designated places or persons
   "the first task is the assigning of an address to each datum";
   - assignment

1. Allocate a task to a person
   - delegate, designate, depute
    
2. Give out
   "We were assigned new uniforms";
   - allot, portion
    
3. Associate ownership or authorship with
   "People assign great cleverness to cats";
   - 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

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, take, transfer, use, utilise [Brit], utilize

Encyclopedia: Assign