Tra từ assignment - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

noun

1. a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces) (Freq. 7)
- hazardous duty
• Syn:
duty assignment
• Derivationally related forms:
assign
• Hypernyms:
duty
• Hyponyms:
guard duty, guard, sentry duty, sentry go, fatigue duty,
fatigue, mission, charge, commission, reassignment, sea-duty,
service abroad, shipboard duty, shore duty
2. the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another (Freq. 3)
• Derivationally related forms:
assign
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument
3. the act of distributing something to designated places or persons (Freq. 2)
- the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum
• Syn:
assigning
• Derivationally related forms:
assign
• Hypernyms:
distribution
• Hyponyms:
allocation, storage allocation
4. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
• Syn:
grant
• Derivationally related forms:
assign, grant (for: grant)
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
transferred property, transferred possession
• Hyponyms:
appanage, apanage, land grant
5. an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
• Derivationally related forms:
assign
• Hypernyms:
undertaking, project, task, labor
• Hyponyms:
school assignment, schoolwork, written assignment, writing assignment
6. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
- the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee
• Syn:
appointment, designation, naming
• Derivationally related forms:
name (for: naming), designate (for: designation), assign
• Hypernyms:
decision, determination, conclusion
• Hyponyms:
nomination, co-option, co-optation, delegacy, ordination,
ordinance, recognition