assigning

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A0474200 (ə-sīn′)tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To select for a duty or office; appoint: firefighters assigned to the city's industrial park. See Synonyms at appoint.2. To set apart for a particular purpose or place in a particular category; designate: assigned the new species to an existing genus. See Synonyms at allocate.3. To give out as a task; allot: assigned homework to the class.4. To ascribe; attribute: assigned blame for the loss to a lack of good defense. See Synonyms at attribute.5. To match or pair with: assign a value to each of the variables.6. Law To transfer (property, rights, or interests) from one to another.n. Law An assignee.

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[Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, from Latin assignāre : ad-, ad- + signāre, to mark (from signum, sign; see sek^w- in Indo-European roots).]

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as·sign′a·bil′i·ty n.as·sign′a·ble adj.as·sign′a·bly adv.as·sign′er n.

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assigning - the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"assignmentstorage allocation, allocation - (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructionsdistribution - the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning