Explore Consign through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like abandon or charge. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Consign in a sentence
Related words
Consign meaning
- To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping.
- To entrust to the care of another.
- To send to a final destination.
Using Consign
- The main meaning on this page is: To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping. | To entrust to the care of another. | To send to a final destination.
- Useful related words include: abandon, charge, entrust, intrust.
- In the example corpus, consign often appears in combinations such as: to consign, consign the, would consign.
Context around Consign
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Consign
- In this selection, "consign" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, covid, inevitably, furniture, hundreds, gender and northern stand out and add context to how "consign" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 11 and consign their final and alliance would consign this country. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "consign" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with consign
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Could Covid consign them to the fashion archive? (8 words)
They fear a third term for Modi would consign them to dust bins of history. (15 words)
You can even consign or trade in your old floatables for something shiny and new. (15 words)
If Cork lose to Limerick this Saturday at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh (7pm throw-in), their summer will end on May 11 and consign their final-round trip to Tipp with dead-rubber status for the visitors. (37 words)
That is likely to be a cause of concern for Tory Eurosceptic MPs given the fact that only a handful of Conservatives would need to switch sides in order to consign the government to a damaging defeat. (37 words)
He claimed Mr Corbyn had a "mind-boggling" position on Brexit, and said: "One thing is clear: the Sturgeon-Corbyn alliance would consign this country to months, if not years, of dither, delay, discord, division. (35 words)
Could Covid consign them to the fashion archive? (8 words)
Who were the 66 Tory MPs who abstained and the five who voted No to consign May to defeat? (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
Guided by the vision of Mina, the East Brisbane Free Shophas emerged as a symbol of defiance against the societal failures that consign hundreds of locals to the clutches of struggle.
He said: “Everyone has a role to play in helping to consign gender stereotypes to history.
He warned it could "consign Northern Ireland to more division" or clear a path "towards healing and the restoration" of the political institutions at Stormont.
Such defamatory language is calculated by Israel’s enemies to consign the world’s only Jewish state to pariah status, thus isolating it from the international community.
The closure of Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre will consign the city’s proud history of working class actors and productions “to the past” it has been claimed.
To continue down the capitalist road is to consign our own and other species to incredible suffering and extinction.
We told antiques expert Irita Marriott about our find and she was really excited so we decided to consign it to auction with her.
If Cork lose to Limerick this Saturday at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh (7pm throw-in), their summer will end on May 11 and consign their final-round trip to Tipp with dead-rubber status for the visitors.
To avoid coming face to face with their inhumanity, Zionists would consign the entire world to endless suffering.
Could Covid consign them to the fashion archive?
It starts in the home, and the web that has ensnared many families in inner cities, starts with the democrat run school boards, zoning boards etc., which consign poor children to substandard education & housing.
They fear a third term for Modi would consign them to dust bins of history.
You can even consign or trade in your old floatables for something shiny and new.
He claimed Mr Corbyn had a "mind-boggling" position on Brexit, and said: "One thing is clear: the Sturgeon-Corbyn alliance would consign this country to months, if not years, of dither, delay, discord, division.
Pep Guardiola’s side won Tuesday’s game 3-1 to secure their place in the EFL Cup quarter-finals and consign the Saints to a fourth defeat in five games in all competitions.
That is likely to be a cause of concern for Tory Eurosceptic MPs given the fact that only a handful of Conservatives would need to switch sides in order to consign the government to a damaging defeat.
These rankings inevitably consign to oblivion presidents who simply governed according to the circumstances of their times.
Wasden sued the business, also known as Renaissance Furniture Consign, and its owner in December 2018, according to a news release.
Who were the 66 Tory MPs who abstained and the five who voted No to consign May to defeat?
Another season of decision making is fast approaching; a season where making the wrong choice of who will represent them this time around will consign them to yet another four years of perpetual retrogression.
Common combinations with consign
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: