assign

/əˈsɑɪn/ v [T]

Definition

› to give to someone a job or responsibility, or to decide on a person for a particular job or responsibility: We assigned Alberto the task of watching the children. › Someone who is assigned to a place is sent there to do a job: Judith was assigned to the office in Washington, D.C. › If you assign things to people, you give them out in an organized way: We’re assigning seats on a first-come, first-serve basis.

(Definition of assign v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)