assigning

Definitions

The act of allocating a job, task, or duty to someone.

The legal transfer of property, rights, or interests from one person to another.

The process of designating or setting something aside for a specific purpose.

Examples

The manager is responsible for assigning tasks to each team member before the project begins.

She spent the entire afternoon assigning seats to the guests for the upcoming wedding reception.

Synonyms

allocating allotting designating delegating appointing distributing apportioning

Antonyms

withdrawing retaining revoking withholding rescinding keeping refusing