HOW TO PRONOUNCE
assignment
/əˈsaɪnmənt/
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What does assignment mean?
noun
- The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
- The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
- The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.
More meanings (6)
noun
- An assigned task.
- A position to which one is assigned.
- A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
- A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.
- A document that effects this transfer.
- An operation that assigns a value to a variable.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈsaɪnmənt/
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I am informed that after commenting on my graduation, assignment, etc., it indulged in much speculation as to my future.
But the assignment of these various meanings to the factor does not yield results which accord with the historic facts.
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One circumstance alone was wanting to complete the pleasure and celebrity arising from the assignment of Sir Godfrey Copley's medal.
Holding the office directly from the crown, I believe, all the royal emoluments incident to the Cinque Port territories become by assignment his.
He is a newspaper man, and if his city editor sent him to hell, he would take the assignment and write like the devil.