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Meanings of assign in English

Catalan
assignar
Spanish
asignar

To give something to (a person), or assign a task to (a person).

        assignar
        Portuguese
        atribuir
        Catalan
        adjudicar
        Spanish
        adjudicar

        To assign to someone as his or her lot.

              atribuir
              Portuguese
              imputar
              Catalan
              imputar
              Spanish
              atribuir

              To attribute or credit to.

                    imputar
                    Spanish
                    poner

                    To associate ownership of (something) to someone.

                          poner
                          Usage of assign in English
                          1
                          The latter are used to assign different pseudocolors to specific chromosomal regions.
                          Pubmed
                          2
                          This has allowed the state to assign resources to upgrade farming infrastructure.
                          Reuters
                          3
                          A sealed envelope was used to assign patients to each intervention group.
                          Pubmed
                          4
                          We will now assign the berths in the steerage to the crew.
                          Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat: A Story of Travel and Ad...
                          5
                          Segmentation results from successive frames are used to assign correspondences among MTs.
                          Pubmed
                          6
                          Some people assign him the blame for Vietnam & Cold War misadventures.
                          The new yorker
                          7
                          Therefore it is necessary to assign to the soul a particular power.
                          Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) / From the Complete Americ...
                          8
                          USDA will also be obliged to assign meat inspectors to the plant.
                          Reuters
                          9
                          I then asked Clapper to recuse me and assign a new counsel.
                          The Kingmaker
                          10
                          Both non-hierarchical and hierarchical approaches were used to assign causes of stillbirths.
                          Pubmed
                          11
                          The Vatican is now expected to assign an investigator to the case.
                          Reuters
                          12
                          Since the AOA is involved, we thought we might assign a bodyguard.
                          Nocturnal
                          13
                          In a moment the warders will assign us to our separate places.
                          For Love Of Evil
                          14
                          I will assign you to that last seat in the third row.
                          Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman
                          15
                          The scientific purpose of Logic is to assign the conditions of proof.
                          Logic: Deductive and Inductive
                          16
                          It was a time to make plans, assign duties, and air differences.
                          The incumbent
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