assignment
English Thesaurus
1. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | nomination, |
| definition | : | the act of officially naming a candidate (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | co-optation, co-option, |
| definition | : | the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | delegacy, |
| definition | : | the appointment of a delegate (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | ordinance, ordination, |
| definition | : | the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | recognition, |
| definition | : | designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body (noun.act) |
2. the act of distributing something to designated places or persons (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | distribution, |
| definition | : | the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | allocation, storage allocation, |
| definition | : | (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions (noun.act) |
3. a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces) (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | duty, |
| definition | : | work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | fatigue, fatigue duty, |
| definition | : | labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | reassignment, |
| definition | : | assignment to a different duty (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | shore duty, |
| definition | : | naval service at land bases (noun.act) |
4. an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) (noun.act)
5. the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another (noun.communication)
| domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
6. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance (noun.possession)
| hyponym | : | apanage, appanage, |
| definition | : | a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family (noun.possession) |
| hyponym | : | land grant, |
| definition | : | a grant of public land (as to a railway or college) (noun.possession) |
| domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
7. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position (noun.act)
| derivation | : | assign, delegate, depute, designate, |
| definition | : | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | make, name, nominate, |
| definition | : | charge with a function; charge to be (verb.social) |
8. the act of distributing something to designated places or persons (noun.act)
| derivation | : | assign, attribute, |
| definition | : | decide as to where something belongs in a scheme (verb.cognition) |
9. a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces) (noun.act)
| derivation | : | assign, delegate, depute, designate, |
| definition | : | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) (verb.social) |
10. an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) (noun.act)
| derivation | : | assign, set apart, specify, |
| definition | : | select something or someone for a specific purpose (verb.cognition) |
11. the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | assign, assign, |
| definition | : | transfer one's right to (verb.possession) |
12. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance (noun.possession)
| derivation | : | deed over, grant, |
| definition | : | transfer by deed (verb.possession) |
13. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position (noun.act)
| derivation | : | assign, delegate, depute, designate, |
| definition | : | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | make, name, nominate, |
| definition | : | charge with a function; charge to be (verb.social) |
14. the act of distributing something to designated places or persons (noun.act)
| derivation | : | assign, attribute, |
| definition | : | decide as to where something belongs in a scheme (verb.cognition) |
15. a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces) (noun.act)
| derivation | : | assign, delegate, depute, designate, |
| definition | : | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) (verb.social) |
16. an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) (noun.act)
| derivation | : | assign, set apart, specify, |
| definition | : | select something or someone for a specific purpose (verb.cognition) |
17. the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | assign, assign, |
| definition | : | transfer one's right to (verb.possession) |
18. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance (noun.possession)
| derivation | : | deed over, grant, |
| definition | : | transfer by deed (verb.possession) |
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