Definition of Assigning

Noun: assigning u'sI-ning

The act of distributing something to designated places or persons
"the first task is the assigning of an address to each datum";
- assignment

Verb: assign u'sIn

Allocate a task to a person
- delegate, designate, depute
Give out
"We were assigned new uniforms";
- allot, portion
Associate ownership or authorship with
"People assign great cleverness to cats";
- impute, ascribe, attribute
Select something or someone for a specific purpose
"The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise";
- specify, set apart
Attribute or give
- put
Make undue claims to having
- arrogate
Transfer one's right to
Decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
"The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class";
- attribute