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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
assign
1. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) (Freq. 15) • Syn: delegate, designate, depute • Derivationally related forms: assignment, deputation (for: depute), designation (for: designate), delegate (for: delegate), delegation (for: delegate), delegacy (for: delegate) • Hypernyms: appoint, charge • Hyponyms: mandate, cast, post, devolve, task, place, regiment, transfer, reassign, delegate, depute, promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate, demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody something - Somebody ----s something to somebody - Somebody ----s somebody PP - They assign him to write the letter 2. give out (Freq. 15) - We were assigned new uniforms • Syn: allot, portion • Derivationally related forms: portion (for: portion), assignation • Hypernyms: distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, parcel out, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out • Hyponyms: allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve, allocate, apportion • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody something - Somebody ----s something to somebody - They assign cars to the tourists - They assign the tourists their cars 3. attribute or credit to (Freq. 7) - We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare - People impute great cleverness to cats • Syn: impute, ascribe, attribute • Derivationally related forms: attributable (for: attribute), ascribable (for: ascribe), ascription (for: ascribe), imputation (for: impute) • Hypernyms: evaluate, pass judgment, judge • Hyponyms: impute, sensualize, carnalize, credit, reattribute, anthropomorphize, anthropomorphise, personify, personate, accredit, blame, charge, project, externalize, externalise, internalize, internalise, interiorize, interiorise • Verb Group: impute • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something to somebody - Somebody ----s something PP 4. select something or someone for a specific purpose (Freq. 7) - The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise • Syn: specify, set apart • Derivationally related forms: specification (for: specify), assignment • Hypernyms: choose, take, select, pick out • Hyponyms: dedicate, detail • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody PP - Somebody ----s something PP 5. attribute or give (Freq. 1) - She put too much emphasis on her the last statement - He put all his efforts into this job - The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story • Syn: put • Hypernyms: use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ • Hyponyms: repose • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something PP 6. make undue claims to having • Syn: arrogate • Derivationally related forms: arrogator (for: arrogate) • Hypernyms: claim, lay claim, arrogate • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something to somebody 7. transfer one's right to • Derivationally related forms: assignable, assignment, assignee • Hypernyms: transfer • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody something - Somebody ----s something to somebody 8. decide as to where something belongs in a scheme - The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class • Syn: attribute • Derivationally related forms: attribution (for: attribute), assignment • Hypernyms: evaluate, pass judgment, judge • Hyponyms: relegate, classify • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something PP
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