Assign is an English word with synonyms like allot or arrogate. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Assign in a sentence
Related words
Assign meaning
- To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose.
- To appoint or select (someone) for some office.
- To allot or give (something) as a task.
Synonyms of Assign
Using Assign
- The main meaning on this page is: To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose. | To appoint or select (someone) for some office. | To allot or give (something) as a task.
- Useful related words include: allot, arrogate, judge, pass judgment.
- In the example corpus, assign often appears in combinations such as: to assign, and assign, assign the.
Context around Assign
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Assign
- In this selection, "assign" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, may, itself, cash, opinions, responsibility and items stand out and add context to how "assign" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ability to assign each of and and may assign that right. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "assign" sits close to words such as assemble, bounty and counselling, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with assign
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He will assign ownership to each item, after hearing background. (10 words)
First of all, they don’t even assign us a judge. (11 words)
Additionally, it may be helpful to assign a specific committee to own cybersecurity oversight. (14 words)
Justices receive the power to assign opinions as they gain seniority: The most senior justice in the majority gets to assign the opinion of the court, an important task with ramifications for the outcome of the case. (37 words)
For example, an owner of residential property may assign the right of possession to a property manager under a property management contract who may then assign the right of possession to a tenant under a rental agreement. (37 words)
Depending on how many people are playing the game, could just assign a single character to every player, which will force everyone to decide whether they will prioritize self-preservation over what is good for the collective. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
They get three choices: Don’t assign; assign to default MDM server; or assign to a selected MDM server belonging to the company.
Justices receive the power to assign opinions as they gain seniority: The most senior justice in the majority gets to assign the opinion of the court, an important task with ramifications for the outcome of the case.
For example, an owner of residential property may assign the right of possession to a property manager under a property management contract who may then assign the right of possession to a tenant under a rental agreement.
In practice, most Bugzilla projects allowing the public to file bugs such as the Bugzilla bug database for Bugzilla itself assign all bugs to a gatekeeper, whose job it is to assign responsibility and priority level.
The owner of a property has the right of possession and may assign that right wholly or partially to another who may then also assign the right of possession to a third party.
Additionally, Bethesda allowed players to assign items to hotkeys, making switching between items and weapons more convenient.
Additionally, it may be helpful to assign a specific committee to own cybersecurity oversight.
And, every Canadian has $X/year in Canadian media subsidy, which they can assign on this portal to whoever they want.
A particularly troubling one for me has been the undermining of the Commission itself following the Aug. 16 decision made without commissioners’ input to temporarily re-assign the Commission’s deputy director, Kaleo Manuel.
As a Clip customer, Invicta has access to powerful technology through the ClipApp to manage their cash, assign employees to perform deposit transactions, track transaction history, and collect cash and payment analytics.
Assignment and subletting clause: If the purchasing entity decides they want to move locations or shut down the operation, they might want to sublet or assign the lease to another party.
Assign read-only rights for this new community string, then click Add to save it and click OK to close out of this window.
Concurrent to the rezoning request is the request to assign parcel 330 040 the future land use map place type of future neighborhood.
Depending on how many people are playing the game, could just assign a single character to every player, which will force everyone to decide whether they will prioritize self-preservation over what is good for the collective.
First of all, they don’t even assign us a judge.
Here, the players used a claw machine to grab a teddy with a vest nestled inside, and then assign that numbered vest to another player — that Glass Bridge was up next.
He will assign ownership to each item, after hearing background.
His family will fondly remember him by his contagious sense of humor and his ability to assign each of them silly nicknames.
However, players may want to assign more power slots to the shields when attacked or to the gravity bar when setting up a grav jump to a different planet or system for bigger jumps.
If you read some of my prior works, you may remember that I usually assign perpetual growth rates in line with a company's moat and the strength of the business model.
Common combinations with assign
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to assign 76×
- and assign 20×
- assign the 17×
- assign to 12×
- can assign 12×
- will assign 9×
- assign blame 9×
- assign them 6×
- you assign 6×
- or assign 5×