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Assigned

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Adjective

1. assigned

appointed to a post or duty

Example Sentences:
'assigned personnel'
'assigned duties'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Assigned

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verb (mainly tr)
1. 
to select for and appoint to a post, etc
to assign an expert to the job
2. 
to give out or allot (a task, problem, etc)
to assign advertising to an expert
3. 
to set apart (a place, person, time, etc) for a particular function or event
to assign a day for the meeting
4. 
to attribute to a specified cause, origin, or source; ascribe
to assign a stone cross to the Vikings
5. 
to transfer (one's right, interest, or title to property) to someone else
6. (also intr) law
(formerly) to transfer (property) to trustees so that it may be used for the benefit of creditors
7. military
to allocate (men or materials) on a permanent basis
Compare attach (sense 6)
8. computing
to place (a value corresponding to a variable) in a memory location
noun
9. law
a person to whom property is assigned; assignee

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Assigned

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verb transitive
1. 
to set apart or mark for a specific purpose; designate
assign a day for the meeting
2. 
to place at some task or duty; appoint
I was assigned to watch the road
3. 
to give out as a task; allot
the teacher assigned a new lesson
4. 
to ascribe; attribute
jealousy was assigned as the motive for the crime
5.  Law
to transfer (a claim, right, property, etc.) to another
verb intransitive
6.  Law
to transfer property, etc. to another
noun
7.  [usually pl.]
an assignee

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Assigned

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tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs
1. To select for a duty or office; appoint: firefighters assigned to the city's industrial park. See Synonyms at appoint.
2. To set apart for a particular purpose or place in a particular category; designate: assigned the new species to an existing genus. See Synonyms at allocate.
3. To give out as a task; allot: assigned homework to the class.
4. To ascribe; attribute: assigned blame for the loss to a lack of good defense. See Synonyms at attribute.
5. To match or pair with: assign a value to each of the variables.
6. Law To transfer (property, rights, or interests) from one to another.
n.
Law
An assignee.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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