Added 4 October 2026
assignment
/əˈsaɪn.mənt/ noun
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about assignment at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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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.
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The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers.
- The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.
Origin
From Middle English assignement, from Old French assignement. By surface analysis, assign + -ment.
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