assignment — Diccionario de inglés

Sustantivo

1. The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.

   Uso

   • contable
   • no contable

   Ejemplos

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

2. The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.

   Uso

   • contable
   • no contable

   Ejemplos

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

3. The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category. The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.

   Uso

   • contable
   • no contable

4. An assigned task.

   Uso

   • contable
   • no contable

   Ejemplos

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

5. A position to which one is assigned.

   Uso

   • contable
   • no contable

   Ejemplos

   Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion.

6. A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.

   Uso

   • contable
   • no contable

   Ejemplos

   Mrs Smith gave out our assignments, and said we had to finish them by Monday.

7. A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.

   Uso

   • contable
   • no contable

   Ejemplos

   The assignment of the lease has not been finalised yet.

8. A document that effects this transfer.

   Uso

   • contable
   • no contable

   Ejemplos

   Once you receive the assignment in the post, be sure to sign it and send it back as soon as possible.

9. An operation that assigns a value to a variable.

   Uso

   • contable
   • no contable

Sustantivo

1. a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)

   Sinónimos

   duty assignment

   Términos más generales

   duty

   Ejemplos

   hazardous assignment

2. the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another

   Términos más generales

   legal documentlegal instrumentofficial documentinstrument

3. the act of distributing something to designated places or persons

   Sinónimos

   assigning

   Términos más generales

   distribution

   Ejemplos

   the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum

4. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

   Sinónimos

   grant

   Términos más generales

   transferred propertytransferred possession

5. an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)

   Términos más generales

   undertakingprojecttasklaborlabour

6. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

   Sinónimos

   appointmentdesignationnaming

   Términos más generales

   decisiondeterminationconclusion

   Ejemplos

   the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee