verb
- to give someone a particular job or responsibility
- to give or distribute something to someone
- to transfer legal rights or property to another person
Usage: legal
noun
- a person to whom property or rights are legally transferred
Usage: legal
Examples
- The teacher assigns homework every Friday.
- The manager assigns tasks to different team members.
- Each student was assigned a locker number.
- The company assigns parking spaces to employees.
- The landlord assigns the lease to a new tenant.
- The court assigns a lawyer to represent the defendant.
- She assigns equal importance to all her subjects.