Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *sek-?
Proto-Indo-European *-nóm
Proto-Italic *segnom
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Proto-Italic *segnāō
Latin signō
Latin assignōlbor.
Old French assignerbor.
Middle English assignen
English assign
From Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, asigner, from Latin assignō, from ad- + signō (“mark, sign”).
Meanings
An assignee.
Scrooge knew he was dead ? Of course he did. How could it be otherwise ? Scrooge and he were partners for I don’t know how many years. Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend and his sole mourner. 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave I. Marley’s Ghost.”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 2:
(obsolete) A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
The King ſir hath wagerd with him ſix Barbary horſes, againgſt the which hee has impaund as I take it ſix French Rapiers and Poynards, with their aſſignes, as girdle, hanger and ſo. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
(obsolete) An assignment or appointment.
(obsolete) A design or purpose.
He aim’d at high designs, and so attain’d / The high assigns to which his spirit aim’d. 1609, John Ford, “Fame's Memorial: An Elegy upon the Earl of Devonshire”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 9:
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *sek-?
Proto-Indo-European *-nóm
Proto-Italic *segnom
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Proto-Italic *segnāō
Latin signō
Latin assignōlbor.
Old French assignerbor.
Middle English assignen
English assign
From Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, asigner, from Latin assignō, from ad- + signō (“mark, sign”).
Meanings
(transitive) To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose.
to assign a day for trial
(transitive) To appoint or select (someone) for some office.
to assign counsel for a prisoner
(transitive) To allot or give (something) as a task.
He assigned his men to their several posts, talked boldly of maintaining himself against all the troops of Spain, and by his cheerful tone endeavoured to inspire a confidence in others which he was far from feeling himself. 1857, William Hickling Prescott, “War with France”, in History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, new edition, volume I, London: G. Routledge & Co., page 116:
Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard. 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
“I cannot do it, Sir !” was his reply. “I fire into their ranks, and that does as well ; but to single out one among them, and mark him for death, would lie upon my mind afterwards.” The man who could feel thus was worthy of a better station than that in which his lot had been assigned. 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More: Or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society, volume I, London: John Murray, page 210:
(transitive) To attribute or sort (something) into categories.
(transitive) To attribute or sort (something) into categories. ▸ To categorize (someone) as belonging to the male or female sex.
(transitive) To transfer (property, a legal right, etc.) from one person to another.
gl designar (to appoint or select someone for some office) · fi nimittää (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · mi pare (to allot or give something as a task) · el αναθέτω (computing: to assign a value to a variable) · cic atokoli (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · pt atribuir (computing: to assign a value to a variable) · hu kinevez (to appoint or select someone for some office) · yue 指派 (to appoint or select someone for some office) · sv tilldela (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · yue 任命 (to appoint or select someone for some office) · ru назнача́ть (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · pl asygnować (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · nb tildele (to allot or give something as a task) · io asignar (to appoint or select someone for some office) · pl przypisywać (to attribute or sort something into categories) · fi myöntää (to allot or give something as a task) · fi määrätä (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · hu rábíz (to allot or give something as a task) · fi nimittää (to appoint or select someone for some office) · ja 任命する (to appoint or select someone for some office) · kix thòilùoh (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · yue 轉讓 /转让 (to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another) · pl wyasygnować (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · es asignar (to allot or give something as a task) · pt atribuir (to allot or give something as a task) · az həvalə etmək (to allot or give something as a task) · tl italaga (to appoint or select someone for some office) · fi sijoittaa (computing: to assign a value to a variable) · ru определя́ть (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · sv ge i uppdrag (to allot or give something as a task) · hu kijelöl (to appoint or select someone for some office) · hu átenged (to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another) · ru определи́ть (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · fr assigner (computing: to assign a value to a variable) · sv tilldela (to appoint or select someone for some office) · pt nomear (to appoint or select someone for some office) · de zuweisen (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · pl przypisać (computing: to assign a value to a variable) · tl itakda (to appoint or select someone for some office) · hu sorol (to attribute or sort something into categories) · hu beoszt (to appoint or select someone for some office) · hu megszab (to allot or give something as a task) · fi valita (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · it assegnare (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · pt imputar (to allot or give something as a task) · mi kopou (to appoint or select someone for some office) · hu megszab (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · fr attribuer (to attribute or sort something into categories) · pl wyznaczać (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · sc assinzare (to allot or give something as a task) · pl asygnować (to allot or give something as a task) · hu kijelöl (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · pt designar (to allot or give something as a task) · fr désigner (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · es adscribir (to allot or give something as a task) · hu besorol (to attribute or sort something into categories) · cs přiřadit (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · kk тағайындау (to appoint or select someone for some office) · it attribuire (to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another) · pt indicar (to appoint or select someone for some office) · hu meghatároz (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · ja 譲渡する (to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another) · sdc assignà (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · ja 割り当てる (to allot or give something as a task) · pt conceder (to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another) · ro atribui (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · gl asignar (to allot or give something as a task) · hi आवंटित करना (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · de zuweisen (computing: to assign a value to a variable) · sc assinzare (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · cs přiřadit (computing: to assign a value to a variable) · it assegnare (to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another) · sc assinzare (to appoint or select someone for some office) · cmn 分類 /分类 (to attribute or sort something into categories) · pt designar (to appoint or select someone for some office) · ceb asayn (to allot or give something as a task) · uk призначати (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · fi luokitella (to attribute or sort something into categories) · hu hozzárendel (computing: to assign a value to a variable) · bg назначавам (to appoint or select someone for some office) · ru назна́чить (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · it attribuire (to attribute or sort something into categories) · az təyin etmək (to appoint or select someone for some office) · sdc assignà (to appoint or select someone for some office) · pl przypisywać (computing: to assign a value to a variable) · hu kioszt (to allot or give something as a task) · fr assigner (to attribute or sort something into categories) · it accantonare (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · cmn 賦值 /赋值 (computing: to assign a value to a variable) · it categorizzare (to attribute or sort something into categories) · cmn 分配 (to allot or give something as a task) · yue 指定 (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · sc assinzare (to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another) · bg предназначавам (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · ru назна́чить (to appoint or select someone for some office) · ru назнача́ть (to appoint or select someone for some office) · hu átruház (to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another) · pt atribuir (to attribute or sort something into categories) · pl wyznaczyć (to appoint or select someone for some office) · mi pare (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · cmn 分派 (to allot or give something as a task) · io asignar (to allot or give something as a task) · da tildele (to allot or give something as a task) · ro împărți (to attribute or sort something into categories) · pt imputar (to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another) · de zuteilen (to appoint or select someone for some office) · pl przypisać (to attribute or sort something into categories) · la discribō (to attribute or sort something into categories) · pl wyznaczać (to appoint or select someone for some office) · sq përkatësoj (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · bg приписвам (to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another) · egy i-p:Y1 (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · hu kiválaszt (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · eo asigni (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · hu engedményez (to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another) · cho atokoli (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · el εκχωρώ (computing: to assign a value to a variable) · ro categoriza (to attribute or sort something into categories) · ro destina (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · fr assigner (to allot or give something as a task) · bg определям (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · hu értéket ad (computing: to assign a value to a variable) · hi नियुक्त करना (to appoint or select someone for some office) · fi lajitella (to attribute or sort something into categories) · pt atribuir (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · fi luovuttaa (to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another) · ceb asayn (to appoint or select someone for some office) · pt designar (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · uk визначати (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · fi antaa (to allot or give something as a task) · hi निर्दिष्ट (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · gl asinar (to allot or give something as a task) · gl asignar (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · hu átad (to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another) · sv uppdra (to allot or give something as a task) · pt conferir (to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another) · cs přidělit (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · it assegnare (to allot or give something as a task) · nl toewijzen (to allot or give something as a task) · de zuteilen (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · hu megbíz (to appoint or select someone for some office) · hu megállapít (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · ur سَون٘پْنا (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · hi निर्दिष्ट (to allot or give something as a task) · sc assinzare (to attribute or sort something into categories) · fi siirtää (to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another) · it assegnare (to appoint or select someone for some office) · az müəyyən etmək (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · mi kopou (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · ja 割り当てる (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · yue 分配 (to allot or give something as a task) · es asignar (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · io asignar (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · sv tilldela (to allot or give something as a task) · hu rendel (to appoint or select someone for some office) · sdc assignà (to allot or give something as a task) · sdc assignà (to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another) · ceb asayn (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · hu kirendel (to appoint or select someone for some office) · mos toeem tʋʋm zĩlga (to allot or give something as a task) · sdc assignà (to attribute or sort something into categories) · ar تعيين شخص لعمل ما (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · hu kiad (to allot or give something as a task) · pl wyznaczyć (to designate or set apart something for some purpose) · az tapşırmaq (to allot or give something as a task) · hu kategorizál (to attribute or sort something into categories) · bg възлагам (to allot or give something as a task) · ro atribui (to appoint or select someone for some office) · fi luokittaa (to attribute or sort something into categories) · pl wyasygnować (to allot or give something as a task) · hu kiszab (to allot or give something as a task)