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assignment

noun

Meaning

  1. The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
  2. The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
  3. An assigned task.
  4. A position to which someone is assigned.
  5. A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
  6. A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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