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consign

verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /kənˈsaɪn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪn
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N S AY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: business

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To entrust to the care of another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To send to a final destination.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to consign the body to the grave

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To assign; to devote; to set apart.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To stamp or impress; to affect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

give over to another for care or safekeeping

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • consign your baggage

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: charge

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit

Narrower terms: pledge, pawn, soak, hock, check

7

verb

Meaning 7

commit forever; commit irrevocably

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: abandon

8

verb

Meaning 8

send to an address

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: deliver

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French consigner or directly from Latin cōnsignō (“furnish with a seal”), from con- + signō (“mark, sign”).

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: предавам (predavam) — to transfer to the custody of
  • Bulgarian: предам (predam) — to transfer to the custody of
  • Hungarian: bizományba ad — to transfer to the custody of
  • Italian: consegnare — to transfer to the custody of
  • Russian: передавать (peredavatʹ) — to transfer to the custody of
  • Spanish: consignar — to transfer to the custody of
  • Turkish: sevk etmek — to transfer to the custody of
  • Vietnamese: bỏ mối — to transfer to the custody of
  • Bulgarian: поверявам (poverjavam) — to entrust to the care of another
  • Bulgarian: поверя (poverja) — to entrust to the care of another
  • Bulgarian: доверявам (doverjavam) — to entrust to the care of another
  • Bulgarian: доверя (doverja) — to entrust to the care of another
  • Chinese Mandarin: 交託 /交托 (jiāotuō) — to entrust to the care of another
  • Middle English: comaunden — to entrust to the care of another
  • Russian: вверять (vverjatʹ) — to entrust to the care of another
  • Spanish: consignar — to entrust to the care of another
  • Turkish: emanet etmek — to entrust to the care of another
  • Bulgarian: изпращам (izpraštam) — to send to a final destination
  • Bulgarian: изпратя (izpratja) — to send to a final destination
  • Middle English: comaunden — to send to a final destination
  • Spanish: consignar — to send to a final destination