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assign

v.

To delegate to a specific purpose
commit, commission, authorize, hand over, earmark, allocate, detail, appoint, allot, prescribe, nominate, name, select, hold responsible, empower, entrust, allow, cast, deputize, attach, charge, accredit, hire, elect, ordain, enroll, relegate, draft.
Antonyms maintain*, dismiss, keep back.
To distribute
give out, consign, allot; see allot, distribute 1.
To designate
specify, indicate, set apart; see designate 1.
To attribute
ascribe, attribute, accredit; see attribute. See syn. study at allot, attribute.

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Another word for assign

verb

To set aside or apart for a specified purpose:
allocate, appropriate, designate, earmark. See collect, money
To set aside or distribute as a share:
admeasure, allocate, allot, allow, apportion, give, lot, measure out, mete (out). See collect
To regard as belonging to or resulting from another:
accredit, ascribe, attribute, charge, credit, impute, lay¹, refer. See give
To ascribe (a misdeed or an error, for example) to:
affix, blame, fasten, fix, impute, pin on, place. See give
(Law)
To change the ownership of (property) by means of a legal document:
cede, deed, grant, make over, sign over. (Law) alien, alienate, convey, transfer. See give, law
To appoint and send to a particular place:
post², set¹, station. See place