assignment

nounresponsibility, task
nounselecting or setting apart

Synonyms for assignment

noun responsibility, task

Antonyms for assignment

affairs

noun. matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity

Word Origin & History

late 14c., "order, request, directive," from Old French assignement "(legal) assignment (of dower, etc.)," from Late Latin assignamentum, noun of action from Latin assignare (see assign). Meaning "appointment to office" is mid-15c.; that of "a task assigned" (to someone) is from c.1848.

Example Sentences forassignment

You've got your berth, you've got your money, you're going to get your passport, and you've got your assignment.

It was at noon of the third day he had been at work when John was given his first assignment.

One of the detectives detailed to this assignment was Hyman Ginsburg.

He had given me the assignment of putting antigrav units into production.

And it can show us that a nation's assignment of a mission to itself is not a sudden growth.

This reversed the assignment, and the rear room became Miss Sanford's.

Then, with quick change of subject, "But I haven't congratulated you on your assignment."

Your assignment, Mr. President, has been exciting and challenging.

The assignment of everyone to a definite post has raised the general spirit.

A corporation may make an assignment just as may an individual.

assignment

Synonyms for assignment

Antonyms for assignment

affairs

appointment

appointments

appropriation

appropriations

assignment

Synonyms for assignment

Antonyms for assignment

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