I have to assign more men to that work.
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Assign
//əˈsaɪn//
Synonyms for "assign" (253 found)
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Closest matches (51)
Strong matches (76)
commissioncommitcommunicateconferconfideconsignconveycreditdecidededicatedeeddeed overdefinedeliverdemisedenominatedeploydeportdeputedeputize
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designatedestinedetachdetaildeterminedevisedevolutedevolvedevolve upondevotediffusedirectdispensedisposedisseminatedistributedivideearmarkemplaceempowerenableenfeoffentrustestablishexchangeexpelexportextraditefatefindfixget a fixgivegive homeworkgive in chargegive in trustgive outgive title togranthandhand downhand forwardhand onhand overhome in onimpartimportindicate
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infeudateinstallinstructintendlaylay bylay downleavelicenselimitlinklocalizelocatelotmakemake a syllabusmake an assignmentmake assignmentsmake overmark
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mark offmark out formeasurementionmetastasizemetathesizemetemete outmissionnamenavigatenegotiatenominateordainorderordinateparcelpasspass onpass overpass the buckpensionerperfusepick outpigeonholepin downpinpointplaceplantpoint outportion offpositionpostprescribeput downput in placequalifyrationreferrelaterelayrelegateremandremiseremitreserverestrictrestrict toschedulesecondselectsellsendsend outsetset a taskset apartset asideset hurdlesset offsettlesettle onsharesignsign awaysign oversignifysituateslotspecializespecifyspendspotspreadstatestationstipendiarystipulatesummonssurrenderswitchtabtagtradetransfertransfer propertytransfusetranslatetranslocatetransmittransplacetransplanttransposetriangulatetrustturn overwarrantzero in on
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1 entriesTranslations
168 translations across 38 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تعيين شخص لعمل ما verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- həvalə etmək verb (to allot or give something as a task)
- müəyyən etmək verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- tapşırmaq verb (to allot or give something as a task)
- təyin etmək verb (to appoint or select someone for some office)
Bulgarian
4 entries- възлагам verb (to allot or give something as a task)
- назначавам verb (to appoint or select someone for some office)
- определям verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- предназначавам verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
Cebuano
3 entries- asayn verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- asayn verb (to appoint or select someone for some office)
- asayn verb (to allot or give something as a task)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 任命 verb (to appoint or select someone for some office)
- 分配 verb (to allot or give something as a task)
- 指定 verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- 指派 verb (to appoint or select someone for some office)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 分派 verb (to allot or give something as a task)
- 分配 verb (to allot or give something as a task)
- 分類 /分类 verb (to attribute or sort something into categories)
- 賦值 /赋值 verb (computing: to assign a value to a variable)
Czech
3 entries- přidělit verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- přiřadit verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- přiřadit verb (computing: to assign a value to a variable)
Danish
1 entries- tildele verb (to allot or give something as a task)
Dutch
1 entries- toewijzen verb (to allot or give something as a task)
Egyptian
1 entries- i-p:Y1 verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
Esperanto
1 entries- asigni verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
Finnish
4 entries- antaa verb (to allot or give something as a task)
- lajitella verb (to attribute or sort something into categories)
- luokitella verb (to attribute or sort something into categories)
- luokittaa verb (to attribute or sort something into categories)
French
4 entries- assigner verb (to allot or give something as a task)
- assigner verb (to attribute or sort something into categories)
- assigner verb (computing: to assign a value to a variable)
- attribuer verb (to attribute or sort something into categories)
Galician
4 entries- asignar verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- asignar verb (to allot or give something as a task)
- asinar verb (to allot or give something as a task)
- designar verb (to appoint or select someone for some office)
German
4 entries- zuteilen verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- zuteilen verb (to appoint or select someone for some office)
- zuweisen verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- zuweisen verb (computing: to assign a value to a variable)
Greek
2 entries- αναθέτω verb (computing: to assign a value to a variable)
- εκχωρώ verb (computing: to assign a value to a variable)
Hindi
4 entries- आवंटित करना verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- नियुक्त करना verb (to appoint or select someone for some office)
- निर्दिष्ट verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- निर्दिष्ट verb (to allot or give something as a task)
Hungarian
4 entries- beoszt verb (to appoint or select someone for some office)
- besorol verb (to attribute or sort something into categories)
- engedményez verb (to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another)
- hozzárendel verb (computing: to assign a value to a variable)
Ido
3 entries- asignar verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- asignar verb (to appoint or select someone for some office)
- asignar verb (to allot or give something as a task)
Italian
4 entries- accantonare verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- assegnare verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- assegnare verb (to appoint or select someone for some office)
- assegnare verb (to allot or give something as a task)
Japanese
4 entries- 任命する verb (to appoint or select someone for some office)
- 割り当てる verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- 割り当てる verb (to allot or give something as a task)
- 譲渡する verb (to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another)
Kazakh
1 entries- тағайындау verb (to appoint or select someone for some office)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- thòilùoh verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
Latin
1 entries- discribō verb (to attribute or sort something into categories)
Moore
1 entries- toeem tʋʋm zĩlga verb (to allot or give something as a task)
Māori
4 entries- kopou verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- kopou verb (to appoint or select someone for some office)
- pare verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- pare verb (to allot or give something as a task)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tildele verb (to allot or give something as a task)
Polish
4 entries- asygnować verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- asygnować verb (to allot or give something as a task)
- przypisać verb (to attribute or sort something into categories)
- przypisać verb (computing: to assign a value to a variable)
Portuguese
4 entries- atribuir verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- atribuir verb (to allot or give something as a task)
- atribuir verb (to attribute or sort something into categories)
- atribuir verb (computing: to assign a value to a variable)
Romanian
4 entries- atribui verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- atribui verb (to appoint or select someone for some office)
- categoriza verb (to attribute or sort something into categories)
- destina verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
Russian
4 entries- назна́чить verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- назна́чить verb (to appoint or select someone for some office)
- назнача́ть verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- назнача́ть verb (to appoint or select someone for some office)
Sardinian
4 entries- assinzare verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- assinzare verb (to appoint or select someone for some office)
- assinzare verb (to allot or give something as a task)
- assinzare verb (to attribute or sort something into categories)
Sassarese
4 entries- assignà verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- assignà verb (to appoint or select someone for some office)
- assignà verb (to allot or give something as a task)
- assignà verb (to attribute or sort something into categories)
Spanish
3 entries- adscribir verb (to allot or give something as a task)
- asignar verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- asignar verb (to allot or give something as a task)
Swedish
4 entries- ge i uppdrag verb (to allot or give something as a task)
- tilldela verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- tilldela verb (to appoint or select someone for some office)
- tilldela verb (to allot or give something as a task)
Tagalog
2 entries- itakda verb (to appoint or select someone for some office)
- italaga verb (to appoint or select someone for some office)
Ukrainian
2 entries- визначати verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
- призначати verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
Urdu
1 entries- سَون٘پْنا verb (to designate or set apart something for some purpose)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Ask your teacher and he will assign you one.
Source: tatoeba (934956)
Tom couldn't decide who to assign the job to.
Source: tatoeba (1095132)
For philosophers have not said anything straight and true that may not be created or confirmed by the people whose cities assign laws.
Source: tatoeba (3178041)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.