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Assignment synonyms

What is another word for assignment .

• appointment responsibility, position
• job task, work
• designation address, giving
• duty task, work
• task work, duty
• chore task, work
• mission task, address
• distribution giving, collect
• allocation giving, collect
• commission task, responsibility
• grant giving, allocation
• charge responsibility, duty
• transfer law, shift
• nomination designation, selection
• allotment allocation, giving
• post responsibility, position
• exercise event
• homework responsibility, duty
• apportionment allocation, collect
• naming participle, designation
• office work, position
• responsibility duty
• consignment transfer, selecting or setting apart
• delegation selection, entrustment
• giving transfer, selecting or setting apart
• selection distribution, selecting or setting apart
• attribution give, selecting or setting apart
• ascription give, attribution

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Definition of assignment

task , duty , job , chore , stint , assignment mean a piece of work to be done.

task implies work imposed by a person in authority or an employer or by circumstance.

duty implies an obligation to perform or responsibility for performance.

job applies to a piece of work voluntarily performed; it may sometimes suggest difficulty or importance.

chore implies a minor routine activity necessary for maintaining a household or farm.

stint implies a carefully allotted or measured quantity of assigned work or service.

assignment implies a definite limited task assigned by one in authority.

Examples of assignment in a Sentence

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Word History

see assign entry 1

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing assignment

• self - assignment

Dictionary Entries Near assignment

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“Assignment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assignment. Accessed 21 Aug. 2024.

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2. assignment

3. assignment, 4. assignment, 5. assignment, 6. assignment.

noun. ['əˈsaɪnmənt'] a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces).

• service abroad
• duty assignment
• shipboard duty
• reassignment
• fatigue duty
• assignement (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
• realignment
• consignment
• confinement

How do you pronounce assignment?

Pronounce assignment as əˈsaɪnmənt.

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Sentences with assignment

1. Noun, singular or mass She needs to sign off on the assignment of title.

Quotes about assignment

1. When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment , and I told them they didn’t understand life. - John Lennon 2. CALVIN:When I grow up I want to be an inventor. First I will invent a time machine. Then I'll come back to yesterday and take myself to tomorrow and skip this dumb assignment . - Bill Watterson 3. Don't take this next undercover assignment . Stay with me instead."Nick's eyes pierced hers, refusing to let her off that easily. "Tell me why.""Because... I love you."She exhaled. No take-backs. The words were out there forever.And it felt great. - Julie James, A Lot like Love

noun. ['əˈsaɪnmənt'] the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another.

• official document
• legal instrument
• irresoluteness

noun. ['əˈsaɪnmənt'] the act of distributing something to designated places or persons.

• distribution
• negative charge
• positive charge

noun. ['əˈsaɪnmənt'] an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor).

• written assignment
• school assignment
• writing assignment
• undertaking
• continuance
• continuation
• monetization

noun. ['əˈsaɪnmənt'] (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance.

• transferred possession
• transferred property
• acknowledged
• unacknowledged
• connotative

noun. ['əˈsaɪnmənt'] the act of putting a person into a non-elective position.

• appointment
• co-optation
• determination
• recognition
• designation

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Other forms: assignments

Whether you’re an international spy with a new mission or a high school student with math homework — when you get an assignment , you’d better do it! An assignment is a task that someone in authority has asked you to do.

The word assignment is just the noun form of the common verb assign , which you use when you want to give someone a duty or a job. When you assign something, that something is called an assignment . The word can also refer to the act of distributing something. If you are distributing new office furniture at work, you might say, “ Assignment of the new chairs will begin tomorrow.”

• noun an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) see more see less types: show 6 types... hide 6 types... school assignment , schoolwork a school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher writing assignment , written assignment an assignment to write something classroom project a school task requiring considerable effort classwork the part of a student's work that is done in the classroom homework , prep , preparation preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) lesson a task assigned for individual study type of: labor , project , task , undertaking any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
• noun a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces) “a hazardous assignment ” synonyms: duty assignment see more see less types: show 10 types... hide 10 types... guard , guard duty , sentry duty , sentry go the duty of serving as a sentry fatigue , fatigue duty labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on) charge , commission , mission a special assignment that is given to a person or group reassignment assignment to a different duty sea-duty , service abroad , shipboard duty naval service aboard a ship at sea shore duty naval service at land bases fool's errand a fruitless mission mission impossible an extremely dangerous or difficult mission martyr operation , sacrifice operation , suicide mission killing or injuring others while annihilating yourself; usually accomplished with a bomb secondment the detachment of a person from their regular organization for temporary assignment elsewhere type of: duty work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
• noun the act of putting a person into a non-elective position synonyms: appointment , designation , naming see more see less types: show 6 types... hide 6 types... nomination the act of officially naming a candidate co-optation , co-option the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent) delegacy the appointment of a delegate ordinance , ordination the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders recognition designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body laying on of hands laying hands on a person's head to invoke spiritual blessing in Christian ordination type of: conclusion , decision , determination the act of making up your mind about something
• noun the act of distributing something to designated places or persons “the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum” synonyms: assigning see more see less types: allocation , storage allocation (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions type of: distribution the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
• noun (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance synonyms: grant see more see less types: apanage , appanage a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family land grant a grant of public land (as to a railway or college) type of: transferred possession , transferred property a possession whose ownership changes or lapses
• noun the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another see more see less type of: instrument , legal document , legal instrument , official document (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right

Vocabulary lists containing assignment

The Dawes Act, or General Allotment Act of 1887, was a law that allowed the U.S. government to take Native American tribal lands and divide them into 40 acre lots for individual Native Americans. The goal was to break up communal tribal lands and speed the assimilation of Native Americans into American society. The Dawes Act caused great suffering with much of the land winding up in the hands of white settlers.

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Definition of assignment noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

• Students are required to complete all homework assignments.
• You will need to complete three written assignments per semester.
• a business/special assignment
• I had set myself a tough assignment.
• on an assignment She is in Greece on an assignment for one of the Sunday newspapers.
• on assignment one of our reporters on assignment in China
• The students handed in their assignments.
• The teacher gave us an assignment on pollution.
• Why did you take on this assignment if you're so busy?
• He refused to accept the assignment.
• assignment on

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Tigers tweak roster, designate seasoned infielder for assignment.

• August 16, 2024

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The Detroit Tigers are making big changes to the roster. Not only did the Tigers promote Jace Jung and Trey Sweeney from Triple-A Toledo for their MLB debuts. However, the Tigers also designated veteran third baseman Gio Urshela for assignment, per Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press . Petzold did add that Urshela, 32, is still owed about $353,000 of his $1.5 million 2024 salary. If he is claimed off waivers, the new team will take on his remaining contract.

In a corresponding move, outfielder Akil Baddoo was optioned to Triple-A. To open another 40-man roster spot, left-hander Easton Lucas was designated for assignment.

Tigers Veteran Gio Urshela Designated for Assignment

Urshela signed a one-year, $1.5 million free agent deal with the Tigers over the offseason. He quickly stepped in as Detroit’s regular third baseman. Urshela suffered a hamstring injury in early April, who missed most of the 2023 season recovering from a pelvic fracture. He hit .299/.329/.474 for the Angels but didn’t play again after June 15 due to his recovery. His bat this season started to come around following a rough first half, but the Tigers seem to be turning their attention toward next season.

Once Detroit moved Colt Keith from third to second base, they slid Jung to the hot corner. He has started 68 games there this season compared to 17 starts at second base. Jung, the younger brother of Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung ,  was hitting .257/.377/.454 with 14 home runs through 415 plate appearances. In platoon situations, he’s hitting .272/.402/.510 against right-handed pitchers. Sweeney, who the Tigers acquired in the Jack Flaherty deal ,  isn’t the same caliber of prospect as Jung, but he will get looks at shortstop in place of Javier Baez .

With a four game winning streak at hand, the Tigers sit 7 1/2 games back of the final Wild Card spot in the American League.

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Mets' Carlos Mendoza Has 3-Word Reaction to Francisco Alvarez's Home Run Celebration

Grant young | 9 hours ago.

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New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez ended Monday night's Mets vs. Baltimore Orioles game with a bang.

On a 3-0 count, Alvarez deposited a 98 mph fastball 421 feet into Citi Field's left-center field bleachers in the bottom of the 9th inning for a walk-off home run , giving the Mets a 4-3 win and improving their record to 65-60.

The 22-year-old catcher celebrated his first career walk-off home run in style, dropping his bat and pointing downwards before beating his hand against his chest; all while looking into the ecstatic Mets' dugout.

FRANCISCO ALVAREZ LAUNCHES A WALK-OFF HOME RUN!!!!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/HzYW69WNSp — SNY (@SNYtv) August 20, 2024

Such grandiose celebrations as Alvarez's often don't go over well among baseball's typically traditionalist old guard.

Which is why it made sense that Mets manager Carlos Mendoza was asked his opinion on his catcher's enthusiastic walk-off celebration before Tuesday's second game against Baltimore.

And Mendoza didn't mince words with his response.

"I love it," Mendoza said of Alvarez's celebration, per SNY . "When you hit a ball like that to win the game, you celebrate.

"If I'm in the other dugout, in the other side, I've been on the other side a few times," Mendoza added. "And, you know... it's not disrespecting anybody. Again, we know the type of player, the person, the energy... and [Alvarez] was very excited. We saw it, and we celebrated."

Carlos Mendoza was asked his thoughts on Francisco Alvarez's celebration after his walk-off home run yesterday: "I love it. When you hit a ball like that to win the game, you celebrate" pic.twitter.com/WZMbNaAUAj — SNY (@SNYtv) August 20, 2024

Mendoza didn't hit a home run in 22 career MLB at-bats. But he certainly witnessed a lot of walk-off home runs during his six seasons spent as a bench coach for the New York Yankees .

It would be absurd to think that Baltimore will retaliate against Alvarez for his celebration. But if they do, it will likely only fuel the Mets' fire.

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