Tra từ assign - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

verb

1. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) (Freq. 15)
• Syn:
delegate, designate, depute
• Derivationally related forms:
assignment, deputation (for: depute), designation (for: designate), delegate (for: delegate), delegation (for: delegate), delegacy (for: delegate)
• Hypernyms:
appoint, charge
• Hyponyms:
mandate, cast, post, devolve, task,
place, regiment, transfer, reassign, delegate, depute,
promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate,
demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- They assign him to write the letter
2. give out (Freq. 15)
- We were assigned new uniforms
• Syn:
allot, portion
• Derivationally related forms:
portion (for: portion), assignation
• Hypernyms:
distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out,
parcel out, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out,
allot, dole out
• Hyponyms:
allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve,
allocate, apportion
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- They assign cars to the tourists
- They assign the tourists their cars
3. attribute or credit to (Freq. 7)
- We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare
- People impute great cleverness to cats
• Syn:
impute, ascribe, attribute
• Derivationally related forms:
attributable (for: attribute), ascribable (for: ascribe), ascription (for: ascribe), imputation (for: impute)
• Hypernyms:
evaluate, pass judgment, judge
• Hyponyms:
impute, sensualize, carnalize, credit, reattribute,
anthropomorphize, anthropomorphise, personify, personate, accredit, blame,
charge, project, externalize, externalise, internalize, internalise,
interiorize, interiorise
• Verb Group:
impute
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. select something or someone for a specific purpose (Freq. 7)
- The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise
• Syn:
specify, set apart
• Derivationally related forms:
specification (for: specify), assignment
• Hypernyms:
choose, take, select, pick out
• Hyponyms:
dedicate, detail
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
5. attribute or give (Freq. 1)
- She put too much emphasis on her the last statement
- He put all his efforts into this job
- The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story
• Syn:
put
• Hypernyms:
use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
• Hyponyms:
repose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
6. make undue claims to having
• Syn:
arrogate
• Derivationally related forms:
arrogator (for: arrogate)
• Hypernyms:
claim, lay claim, arrogate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
7. transfer one's right to
• Derivationally related forms:
assignable, assignment, assignee
• Hypernyms:
transfer
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
8. decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
- The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class
• Syn:
attribute
• Derivationally related forms:
attribution (for: attribute), assignment
• Hypernyms:
evaluate, pass judgment, judge
• Hyponyms:
relegate, classify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP