assign

verb [T] (CHOOSE)

/əˈsaɪn/

Definition

C1 [often passive] to give a particular job or piece of work to someone: [+ two objects] UN troops were assigned the task of rebuilding the hospital. The case has been assigned to our most senior officer.Giving, providing and supplying › If you assign a time for a job or activity, you decide it will be done during that time: Have you assigned a day for the interviews yet?Decisions and deciding › If you assign a characteristic to something, you say that it has it: Each visitor to the site chooses an online alter ego, which is assigned a name. Analysing and evaluatingAssessing and estimating value › to decide a reason for something: Detectives have been unable to assign a motive for the murder. The report assigned the blame for the accident to inadequate safety regulations.Defining and explaining

(Definition of assign verb (CHOOSE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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