Assign

German Meaning

zuordnen

zuweisen

vergeben

übertragen

zuteilen

beauftragen

zedieren

berufen

einweisen

beigeben

English Meaning

  1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection.
  2. To select for a duty or office; appoint: firefighters assigned to the city's industrial park.
  3. To give out as a task; allot: assigned homework to the class.
  4. To ascribe; attribute: sorted the rocks by assigning them to different categories. See Synonyms at attribute.
  5. Law To transfer (property, rights, or interests) from one to another.
  6. To place (a person or a military unit) under a specific command.
  7. Law An assignee.