Meaning

9 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.

    This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee.

    Zuweisung, Übertragung

    назначе́ниеnaznačénije, распределе́ниеraspredelénije

  2. (countable, uncountable)The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.

    We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers.

    Zuordnung

    категориза́цияkategorizácija, классифика́цияklassifikácija

  3. The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.

    (countable, uncountable)The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.

  4. (countable, uncountable)An assigned task.

    The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging.

    Aufgabe, Aufgabengebiet, Arbeit

    зада́ниеzadánije, зада́чаzadáča, поруче́ниеporučénije

    завда́нняzavdánnja, зада́чаzadáča

    an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)

  5. (countable, uncountable)A position to which one is assigned.

    Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion.

    Posten

    назначе́ниеnaznačénije

  6. (countable, uncountable)A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.

    Mrs Smith gave out our assignments, and said we had to finish them by Monday.

    Aufgabe, Hausaufgabe, Hausarbeit

    зада́ниеzadánije, зада́чаzadáča, дома́шнее зада́ниеdomášneje zadánije

  7. (countable, uncountable)A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.

    The assignment of the lease has not been finalised yet.

    Abtretung, Zession

    переда́чаperedáča, переусту́пкаpereustúpka, це́ссияcéssija

    the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another

  8. (countable, uncountable)A document that effects this transfer.

    Once you receive the assignment in the post, be sure to sign it and send it back as soon as possible.

    Abtretungsurkunde, Zessionsurkunde, Übertragungsurkunde

    докуме́нтdokumént

  9. (countable, uncountable)An operation that assigns a value to a variable.

    присвое́ниеprisvojénije, присва́иваниеprisváivanije

Examples

183 sentences
  1. Tom has been given a tough assignment.

    Тому дали складне завдання.

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  2. Tom accepted the assignment.

    Том прийняв завдання.

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  3. Have you done your assignment yet?

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  4. I have an assignment for you.

    ruУ меня есть для тебя задание.

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  5. I have another assignment for you.

    ruУ меня есть еще одно задание для вас.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
task:
Русский
By meaning 7
act of assigning; allocation of tasks:
categorization:
task:
typically a task given to students:
transfer of rights or benefits:
document that effects this transfer:
operation(s) that assign a value to a variable:
Deutsch
By meaning 7
act of assigning; allocation of tasks:
categorization:
task:
position:
typically a task given to students:
transfer of rights or benefits:
document that effects this transfer:

Origin

From Middle English assignement, from Old French assignement. By surface analysis, assign

From Middle English assignement, from Old French assignement. By surface analysis, assign + -ment.

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Forms

plural: assignments
Singularassignment
Pluralassignments

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of distributing something to designated places or persons:assigning
  • a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces):duty assignment
  • the act of putting a person into a non-elective position:appointmentdesignationnaming
  • (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance:grant

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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