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1. assignment
noun. ['əˈsaɪnmənt'] a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces).
Synonyms
- service abroad
- duty assignment
- shore duty
- shipboard duty
- guard duty
- charge
- guard
- duty
- sentry go
- commission
- sea-duty
- fatigue
- mission
- reassignment
- fatigue duty
Antonyms
- arise
- pay cash
- refrain
- refresh
Etymology
- assignement (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
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Rhymes with Assignment
- realignment
- consignment
- confinement
- refinement
- alignment
How do you pronounce assignment?
Pronounce assignment as əˈsaɪnmənt.
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Sentences with assignment
1. Noun, singular or mass
She needs to sign off on the assignment of title.
Quotes about assignment
1. When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.
- John Lennon
2. CALVIN:When I grow up I want to be an inventor. First I will invent a time machine. Then I'll come back to yesterday and take myself to tomorrow and skip this dumb assignment.
- Bill Watterson
3. Don't take this next undercover assignment. Stay with me instead."Nick's eyes pierced hers, refusing to let her off that easily. "Tell me why.""Because... I love you."She exhaled. No take-backs. The words were out there forever.And it felt great.
- Julie James, A Lot like Love
2. assignment
noun. ['əˈsaɪnmənt'] the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another.
Synonyms
- official document
- instrument
- legal instrument
Antonyms
- beginning
- victory
- middle
- irresoluteness
Etymology
- assignement (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
3. assignment
noun. ['əˈsaɪnmənt'] the act of distributing something to designated places or persons.
Synonyms
- distribution
- allocation
- assigning
Antonyms
- empty
- negative charge
- positive charge
- disclaim
Etymology
- assignement (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
4. assignment
noun. ['əˈsaɪnmənt'] an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor).
Synonyms
- written assignment
- task
- schoolwork
- school assignment
- writing assignment
- project
- undertaking
Antonyms
- activation
- continuance
- continuation
- monetization
Etymology
- assignement (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
5. assignment
noun. ['əˈsaɪnmənt'] (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance.
Synonyms
- grant
- transferred possession
- transferred property
- appanage
- land grant
Antonyms
- acknowledged
- unacknowledged
- rejection
- connotative
Etymology
- assignement (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
6. assignment
noun. ['əˈsaɪnmənt'] the act of putting a person into a non-elective position.
Synonyms
- appointment
- co-optation
- conclusion
- delegacy
- determination
- nomination
- recognition
- ordinance
- designation
- naming
- decision
- co-option
Antonyms
- absolve
- calm
- overcharge
- discharge
Etymology
- assignement (Old French (842-ca. 1400))