assign

Meanings

• give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
• give out
  • "We were assigned new uniforms"
• attribute or credit to
• select something or someone for a specific purpose
  • "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
• attribute or give
• make undue claims to having
• transfer one's right to
• decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
  • "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"

Synonyms

allot, arrogate, ascribe, attribute, delegate, depute, designate, impute, portion, put, set apart, specify