assignment
noun
- act of assigning
- moment or event when something (e.g. an award) was/is/will be formally granted
- programming operation of setting or re-setting the value associated with a variable name
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /əˈsaɪn.mənt/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English assignement, from Old French assignement. By surface analysis, assign + -ment.
- The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
“This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee.”
- The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
“We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers.”
- The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
- An assigned task.
“The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging.”
- A position to which one is assigned.
“Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion.”
- A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
“Mrs Smith gave out our assignments, and said we had to finish them by Monday.”
- A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.
“The assignment of the lease has not been finalised yet.”
- A document that effects this transfer.
“Once you receive the assignment in the post, be sure to sign it and send it back as soon as possible.”
- An operation that assigns a value to a variable.