ASSIGN

(verb) select something or someone for a specific purpose
"The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
synonyms : set apart , specify
(verb) attribute or credit to
"We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare", "People impute great cleverness to cats"
synonyms : ascribe , attribute , impute
(verb) decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
"The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"
synonyms : attribute
(verb) attribute or give
"She put too much emphasis on her the last statement", "He put all his efforts into this job", "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"
synonyms : put
(verb) transfer one's right to
(verb) give out
"We were assigned new uniforms"
synonyms : allot , portion
(verb) make undue claims to having
synonyms : arrogate
(verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
synonyms : delegate , depute , designate

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