assign

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

verb give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
verb give out
verb attribute or credit to

From Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, asigner, from Latin assignō, from ad- + signō (“mark, sign”).

Each man's duty had been assigned. — Short Stories of Various Types, Unknown
"So I assign you to the case. — Occasion ... for Disaster, Randall Garrett
"We assign a value to every piece of music. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau

delegate, designate, depute

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