assignment
The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasksThe act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
» Tom has been given a tough assignment.
Тому дали складне завдання.
Meaning
9 senses(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
(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
The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
(countable, uncountable)The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.
(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)
(countable, uncountable)A position to which one is assigned.
Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion.
Posten
назначе́ниеnaznačénije
(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
(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
(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
(countable, uncountable)An operation that assigns a value to a variable.
присвое́ниеprisvojénije, присва́иваниеprisváivanije
Examples
183 sentencesTom has been given a tough assignment.
Тому дали складне завдання.
Tom accepted the assignment.
Том прийняв завдання.
Have you done your assignment yet?
I have an assignment for you.
ruУ меня есть для тебя задание.
I have another assignment for you.
ruУ меня есть еще одно задание для вас.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 7
By meaning 7
Origin
From Middle English assignement, from Old French assignement. By surface analysis, assignFrom Middle English assignement, from Old French assignement. By surface analysis, assign + -ment.
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Forms
plural: assignments| Singular | assignment |
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Synonyms
6 synonyms- 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 wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable