assign: meaning and definitions

To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection.

To select for a duty or office; appoint: firefighters assigned to the city's industrial park.

To give out as a task; allot: assigned homework to the class.

To ascribe; attribute: sorted the rocks by assigning them to different categories. See Synonyms at attribute.

Law To transfer (property, rights, or interests) from one to another.

To place (a person or a military unit) under a specific command.

Law An assignee.