assign
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(verb) select something or someone for a specific purpose |
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Synonyms: set apart, specify |
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Related Words: choose, dedicate, detail, pick out, select, take |
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(verb) transfer one's right to |
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Related Words: transfer |
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(verb) give out; "We were assigned new uniforms" |
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Synonyms: allot, portion |
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Related Words: administer, allocate, allot, allow, apportion, appropriate, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, earmark, lot, mete out, parcel out, reserve, set aside, shell out |
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(verb) put something on or into (abstractly) assign; ; "She put 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" |
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Synonyms: put |
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Related Words: apply, employ, repose, use, utilise, utilize |
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(verb) attribute to a source or cause; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare" |
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Synonyms: ascribe, attribute, impute |
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Related Words: accredit, anthropomorphize, blame, carnalize, charge, credit, externalize, interiorise, interiorize, internalise, internalize, judge, personate, personify, project, reattribute, sensualize |
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(verb) make undue claims to having |
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Synonyms: arrogate, ascribe |
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Related Words: arrogate, claim, lay claim |
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(verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) |
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Synonyms: delegate, depute, designate |
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Related Words: advance, appoint, break, bump, cast, charge, delegate, demote, depute, devolve, elevate, kick downstairs, kick upstairs, mandate, place, post, promote, raise, reassign, regiment, relegate, task, transfer, upgrade |
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