assign

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• /əˈsaɪn/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 S AY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *seknom Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *seknāō Latin signō Latin assignōlbor. Old French assignerbor. Middle English assignen English assign From Middle English assignen, from Old French assigner, asigner, from Latin assignō, from ad- + signō (“mark, sign”).

171 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: përkatësoj — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Arabic: تعيين شخص لعمل ما — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Azerbaijani: müəyyən etmək — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Bulgarian: определям (opredeljam) — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Bulgarian: предназначавам (prednaznačavam) — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Cebuano: asayn — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Chickasaw: atokoli — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Chinese Cantonese: 指定 (zi2 ding6) — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Choctaw: atokoli — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Czech: přiřadit — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Czech: přidělit — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Egyptian: i-p:Y1 (jp) — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Esperanto: asigni — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Finnish: valita — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Finnish: määrätä — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Finnish: nimittää — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• French: désigner — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Galician: asignar — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• German: zuweisen — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• German: zuteilen — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Hindi: निर्दिष्ट (nirdiṣṭ) — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Hindi: आवंटित करना (āvaṇṭit karnā) — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Hungarian: kijelöl — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Hungarian: kiválaszt — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Hungarian: megszab — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Hungarian: megállapít — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Hungarian: meghatároz — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Ido: asignar — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Italian: assegnare — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Italian: accantonare — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Japanese: 割り当てる (wariateru) — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Māori: kopou — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Māori: pare — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Khiamniungan Naga: thòilùoh — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Polish: wyznaczać — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Polish: wyznaczyć — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Polish: asygnować — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Polish: wyasygnować — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Portuguese: designar — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Portuguese: atribuir — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Romanian: atribui — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Romanian: destina — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Russian: назнача́ть (naznačátʹ) — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Russian: назна́чить (naznáčitʹ) — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Russian: определя́ть (opredeljátʹ) — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Russian: определи́ть (opredelítʹ) — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Sardinian: assinzare — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Sassarese: assignà — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Spanish: asignar — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Swedish: tilldela — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Ukrainian: призначати (pryznačaty) — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Ukrainian: визначати (vyznačaty) — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Urdu: سَون٘پْنا (sa͠upnā) — to designate or set apart something for some purpose
• Azerbaijani: təyin etmək — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Bulgarian: назначавам (naznačavam) — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Cebuano: asayn — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Chinese Cantonese: 任命 (jam6 ming6) — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Chinese Cantonese: 指派 (zi2 paai3) — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Finnish: nimittää — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Galician: designar — to appoint or select someone for some office
• German: zuteilen — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Hindi: नियुक्त करना (niyukt karnā) — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Hungarian: kijelöl — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Hungarian: kinevez — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Hungarian: beoszt — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Hungarian: megbíz — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Hungarian: kirendel — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Hungarian: rendel — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Ido: asignar — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Italian: assegnare — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Japanese: 任命する (ninmei suru) — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Kazakh: тағайындау (tağaiyndau) — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Māori: kopou — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Polish: wyznaczać — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Polish: wyznaczyć — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Portuguese: designar — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Portuguese: nomear — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Portuguese: indicar — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Romanian: atribui — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Russian: назнача́ть (naznačátʹ) — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Russian: назна́чить (naznáčitʹ) — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Sardinian: assinzare — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Sassarese: assignà — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Swedish: tilldela — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Tagalog: italaga — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Tagalog: itakda — to appoint or select someone for some office
• Azerbaijani: tapşırmaq — to allot or give something as a task
• Azerbaijani: həvalə etmək — to allot or give something as a task
• Bulgarian: възлагам (vǎzlagam) — to allot or give something as a task
• Cebuano: asayn — to allot or give something as a task
• Chinese Cantonese: 分配 (fan1 pui3) — to allot or give something as a task
• Chinese Mandarin: 分配 (fēnpèi) — to allot or give something as a task
• Chinese Mandarin: 分派 (fēnpài) — to allot or give something as a task
• Danish: tildele — to allot or give something as a task
• Dutch: toewijzen — to allot or give something as a task
• Finnish: antaa — to allot or give something as a task
• Finnish: myöntää — to allot or give something as a task
• French: assigner — to allot or give something as a task
• Galician: asinar — to allot or give something as a task
• Galician: asignar — to allot or give something as a task
• Hindi: निर्दिष्ट (nirdiṣṭ) — to allot or give something as a task
• Hungarian: kioszt — to allot or give something as a task
• Hungarian: kiszab — to allot or give something as a task
• Hungarian: kiad — to allot or give something as a task
• Hungarian: megszab — to allot or give something as a task
• Hungarian: rábíz — to allot or give something as a task
• Ido: asignar — to allot or give something as a task
• Italian: assegnare — to allot or give something as a task
• Japanese: 割り当てる (wariateru) — to allot or give something as a task
• Māori: pare — to allot or give something as a task
• Moore: toeem tʋʋm zĩlga — to allot or give something as a task
• Norwegian Bokmål: tildele — to allot or give something as a task
• Polish: asygnować — to allot or give something as a task
• Polish: wyasygnować — to allot or give something as a task
• Portuguese: designar — to allot or give something as a task
• Portuguese: imputar — to allot or give something as a task
• Portuguese: atribuir — to allot or give something as a task
• Sardinian: assinzare — to allot or give something as a task
• Sassarese: assignà — to allot or give something as a task
• Spanish: asignar — to allot or give something as a task
• Spanish: adscribir — to allot or give something as a task
• Swedish: uppdra — to allot or give something as a task
• Swedish: ge i uppdrag — to allot or give something as a task
• Swedish: tilldela — to allot or give something as a task
• Chinese Mandarin: 分類 /分类 (fēnlèi) — to attribute or sort something into categories
• Finnish: luokittaa — to attribute or sort something into categories
• Finnish: luokitella — to attribute or sort something into categories
• Finnish: lajitella — to attribute or sort something into categories
• French: attribuer — to attribute or sort something into categories
• French: assigner — to attribute or sort something into categories
• Hungarian: besorol — to attribute or sort something into categories
• Hungarian: sorol — to attribute or sort something into categories
• Hungarian: kategorizál — to attribute or sort something into categories
• Italian: categorizzare — to attribute or sort something into categories
• Italian: attribuire — to attribute or sort something into categories
• Latin: discribō — to attribute or sort something into categories
• Polish: przypisać — to attribute or sort something into categories
• Polish: przypisywać — to attribute or sort something into categories
• Portuguese: atribuir — to attribute or sort something into categories
• Romanian: împărți — to attribute or sort something into categories
• Romanian: categoriza — to attribute or sort something into categories
• Sardinian: assinzare — to attribute or sort something into categories
• Sassarese: assignà — to attribute or sort something into categories
• Bulgarian: приписвам (pripisvam) — to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another
• Chinese Cantonese: 轉讓 /转让 (zyun2 joeng6) — to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another
• Finnish: siirtää — to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another
• Finnish: luovuttaa — to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another
• Hungarian: átruház — to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another
• Hungarian: átenged — to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another
• Hungarian: átad — to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another
• Hungarian: engedményez — to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another
• Italian: assegnare — to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another
• Italian: attribuire — to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another
• Japanese: 譲渡する (jōto suru) — to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another
• Portuguese: conceder — to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another
• Portuguese: conferir — to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another
• Portuguese: imputar — to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another
• Sardinian: assinzare — to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another
• Sassarese: assignà — to transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another
• Chinese Mandarin: 賦值 /赋值 (fùzhí) — computing: to assign a value to a variable
• Czech: přiřadit — computing: to assign a value to a variable
• Finnish: sijoittaa — computing: to assign a value to a variable
• French: assigner — computing: to assign a value to a variable
• German: zuweisen — computing: to assign a value to a variable
• Greek: αναθέτω (anathéto) — computing: to assign a value to a variable
• Greek: εκχωρώ (ekchoró) — computing: to assign a value to a variable
• Hungarian: értéket ad — computing: to assign a value to a variable
• Hungarian: hozzárendel — computing: to assign a value to a variable
• Polish: przypisywać — computing: to assign a value to a variable
• Polish: przypisać — computing: to assign a value to a variable
• Portuguese: atribuir — computing: to assign a value to a variable