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assignment

The correct spelling is assignment.

How to pronounce assignment

noun

Say it like: Ass-inm-ent

The correct spelling is assignment. The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks. For example: "This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee."

Usage Examples

This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee.

We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers.

The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging.

Definition

noun

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

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