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consign

[kuhn-sahyn] / kənˈsaɪn /
VERB
entrust, hand over for care
Synonyms
STRONGEST
assign relegate turn over
STRONG
address appoint authorize commission commit confide convey delegate deliver dispatch forward give issue remit route send ship transfer transmit
WEAK
commend to deposit with put in charge of
Antonyms
STRONGEST
keep
STRONG
cease conceal hold maintain receive refrain reject retain stop suppress take withhold

Example Sentences

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“Athena helps us incentivize them to consign again and we can move things quicker and do it more accurately.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

Austria are three points better off than Scotland and another loss for Scotland would consign them to relegation from the top tier.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2025

This isn’t to consign Richman to pop’s deep bin of one-hit wonders.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2024

The originator of the concept, Snapchat, started out as a simple photo-sharing app that promised to consign your private visual messages after just a few seconds each.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2024

What made it possible to consign alchemy to the dustbin of history was a new understanding of what chemists were trying to do.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.