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Definition of assignment noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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- 2.1 Alternative forms
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From Middle English assignement , from Old French assignement . By surface analysis , assign + -ment .
Pronunciation
- IPA ( key ) : /əˈsaɪnmənt/
Hyphenation: a‧ssign‧ment
- Rhymes: -aɪnmənt
assignment ( countable and uncountable , plural assignments )
- The act of assigning ; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks . This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee.
- ( LGBTQ ) The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex .
- An assigned task . The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging.
- A position to which someone is assigned. Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion.
- ( education ) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework . Mrs Smith gave out our assignments , and said we had to finish them by Monday.
- ( law ) A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another. The assignment of the lease has not been finalised yet.
- ( law ) A document that effects this transfer. Once you receive the assignment in the post, be sure to sign it and send it back as soon as possible.
- ( programming ) An operation that assigns a value to a variable .
- ( programming ) : augmented assignment
Derived terms
- antiassignment
- assignment operator
- frequency assignment
- misassignment
- nonassignment
- Procrustean assignment
- reassignment
- time-assignment speech interpolation
- unassignment
- understand the assignment
Translations
Alternative forms.
- asm ( pseudo-acronym )
From English assignment .
- Cantonese ( Jyutping ) : aa 6 saai 1 man 4
- Jyutping : aa 6 saai 1 man 4
- Yale : ah s ā ai màhn
- Cantonese Pinyin : aa 6 saai 1 man 4
- Guangdong Romanization : a 6 sai 1 men 4
- Sinological IPA ( key ) : /aː²² saːi̯ ⁵⁵ mɐn²¹/
- ( Hong Kong Cantonese ) assignment ; homework ; coursework ( Classifier : 份 c )
- Bauer, Robert S. ( 2021 ) ABC Cantonese-English Comprehensive Dictionary , Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN , page 10
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assign + -ment
Pronunciation
- ( US ) IPA ( key ) : /əˈsʌɪnm(ə)nt/
- ( countable ) An assignment is a task that is given to somebody for them to complete . The teacher gave Joe an assignment to complete while he is away on vacation.
Related words
- Terms suffixed with -ment
- Countable nouns
- Unexpected parameter in audio template
IMAGES
COMMENTS
[countable] a task or piece of work that somebody is given to do, usually as part of their job or studies. Students are required to complete all homework assignments. You will need to complete three written assignments per semester. a business/special assignment. I had set myself a tough assignment.
assignment. noun. /əˈsaɪnmənt/. [countable, uncountable] a task or piece of work that someone is given to do, usually as part of their job or studies You will need to complete three written assignments per semester.
The noun assignment can be countable or uncountable. In more general, commonly used, contexts, the plural form will also be assignment. However, in more specific contexts, the plural form can also be assignments e.g. in reference to various types of assignments or a collection of assignments.
From Longman Business Dictionary as‧sign‧ment /əˈsaɪnmənt/ noun 1 [countable] a piece of work that someone is given My assignment was to save the company, whatever it took. 2 [uncountable] when someone is given a particular job or task, or sent to work in a particular place or for a particular person With the agreement, GM got more ...
1. countable noun. An assignment is a task or piece of work that you are given to do, especially as part of your job or studies. The assessment for the course involves written assignments and practical tests. Synonyms: task, work, job, charge More Synonyms of assignment. 2. uncountable noun.
In the US "homework" is considered to be a "mass" noun and articles are not used. (May be different in the UK or India.) A "homework assignment" is an individual piece of homework and does take an article. –
The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category. We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers. (LGBT) The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex. An assigned task. The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging.
Traditionally, it is not countable, and most dictionaries list it as such. However, the Merriam-Webster thesaurus (although not the Merriam-Webster dictionary) does have an entry for homeworks . Moreover, the plural form is used by at least some groups of educated native speakers.
As you have perhaps noticed, individual activities like jobs and assignments, which are closely identified with uncountable nouns like work and homework, are countable. As such, it would be incorrect to say "I have lots of homeworks to do.” However, it would be correct to say "I have lots of assignments."
(countable) An assignment is a task that is given to somebody for them to complete. The teacher gave Joe an assignment to complete while he is away on vacation.