ASSIGNING Synonyms: 147 Similar and Opposite Words

assigning

verb

present participle of assign

as in entrusting

to give a task, duty, or responsibility to assigned the class with the task of finding something in the state constitution they felt needed changing

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Relevance

as in allotting

to give as a share or portion each new employee is assigned a cubicle and a computer

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as in ceding

to give over the legal possession or ownership of assigned all rights to and royalties from the song to the Boy Scouts

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expropriating

as in appointing

to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty the mayor assigned the panel with the task of luring a major sports franchise to the city

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Recent Examples of assigning Rather than assigning a class based on a single characteristic, the system considers combinations of properties, including texture, mineralogy, pH and profile thickness — the depth of the soil layer. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026 His remarks nonetheless reinforced a judgment in the markets that the Fed would pause its rate increases, with the futures market assigning a 15% probability to an October hike as of Friday morning. — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026 Investigators said that several errors led to the deadly crash on July 28, 2025, including not assigning a lookout when his view was obstructed. — Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 Twenty-one Pennsylvania counties offer flat annual pay for part-time lawyers — sometimes then assigning them caseloads that exceed Maine’s standard for full-time work. — Samantha Melamed, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2026 That work can include assigning tasks, structuring workflows, inspecting outputs, coordinating multiple agents, resolving failures and deciding when a human needs to intervene. — Keith Ferrazzi, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026 Trustee Wendy Dunnington said existing issues in the neighborhood need to be addressed first, such as managing traffic before and after school and during events, monitoring noise levels, and assigning parking. — Christopher Placek, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 Detectives seized the home’s surveillance system, which showed a man named Jiajia Fan assigning customers to the women, collecting payment and turning over the money to a courier, Pinner wrote. — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 American law began assigning the consequences of machine action to humans in 1999, when the machines were considerably less interesting. — Michael Riedl, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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Verb

The Giants are entrusting Bryce Eldridge, their 21-year-old rookie, with the job of protecting Devers in the lineup.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Now Norvell enters 2026 firmly on the hot seat, entrusting his future to another transfer quarterback.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026

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Inevitably, team evil has cooler powers, like Sindel’s scream and Kung Lao’s hat of doom, but in addition to allotting an inordinate amount of its combat time to Shao Kahn, who’s just a hulking guy with a hammer, the movie’s big visual idea is characters blasting one another with beams.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 May 2026
The framework proposes allotting $20 million of it to the Rays.

— Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026

Definition of allotting

Verb

For the rest of the show, Love sat in place, singing along but ceding his usual lead vocals and master of ceremonies roles to others.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
That war of wills ended with the Emirates ceding control of Bab el-Mandeb — along with the nearby island of Perim, where the Emirates had built a drone airbase — to Saudi Arabia.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

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Judge Stephanie Santoro granted Klitschko’s request, appointing him temporary guardian of his daughter’s estate and authorizing him to file a probate petition on her behalf.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2026
The governor fills court vacancies by appointing Supreme Court justices, Court of Appeals judges, and district court and county court judges.

— Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026

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At the same time, some critics worried that the Obama-era guidance had gone too far, tasking college bureaucrats with investigating criminal allegations and diluting due process.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
British online fashion retailer Asos has named Jon Bennett menswear product director for Asos Design, tasking the retail veteran with overseeing the strategy and performance of its in-house menswear business.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of tasking

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So to say that another way, plants are taking up all of this carbon from our atmosphere and then allocating about thirteen billion tons of that to networks every year.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
This funding has helped, but allocating more money to public schools isn’t the only way to make progress.

— Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of allocating

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From Nanjing Port, the bunker vessel took over the rest of the journey, carrying 1,000 metric tons of clean fuel before transferring it safely to Mineral Europa.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Gifting or transferring shares after a sale or offering has progressed too far leaves room for the Internal Revenue Service to challenge the valuation.

— Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

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Voters also will be nominating candidates for the entire state Legislature, where Republicans hold a roughly 40-vote majority in the 400-member House and outnumber Democrats in the Senate 16-8.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
And in the event that Chris Hansen is indeed the role that finally lands the actor a nomination, in a very literal sense, the Academy will also be nominating him for The Odyssey.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026

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