{
    "term": "assign",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "assign",
            "heSheIt": "assigns"
        },
        "pastSimple": "assigned",
        "pastParticiple": "assigned",
        "ingForm": "assigning"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to give somebody something that they can use, or some work or responsibility",
            "sensetop": "assign something (to somebody)assign somebody something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The teacher assigned a different task to each of the children.",
                    "contextForm": "assign something (to somebody)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two large classrooms have been assigned to us."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have been assigned the two large classrooms.",
                    "contextForm": "assign somebody something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The teacher assigned each of the children a different task."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to provide a person for a particular task or position",
            "sensetop": "assign somebody (to something/as something)assign somebody to do something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They've assigned their best man to the job.",
                    "contextForm": "assign somebody (to something/as something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two senior officers have been assigned to the case."
                },
                {
                    "text": "British forces have been assigned to help with peacekeeping.",
                    "contextForm": "assign somebody to do something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to send a person to work under the authority of somebody or in a particular group",
            "sensetop": "be assigned to somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I was assigned to B platoon.",
                    "contextForm": "be assigned to somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was assigned to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1975."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to say that something has a particular value or function, or happens at a particular time or place",
            "sensetop": "assign something to somethingassign something sth",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Assign a different colour to each different type of information.",
                    "contextForm": "assign something to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The painting cannot be assigned an exact date.",
                    "contextForm": "assign something sth"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to say that your property or rights now belong to somebody else",
            "sensetop": "assign something to somebody",
            "labels": "(law)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The agreement assigns copyright to the publisher."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has assigned the lease to her daughter."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to be said to have a particular gender when you are born",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They were assigned male at birth but identify as female."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["People in society"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsaɪn/",
                "audio": "as/assign/assign__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsaɪnz/",
                "audio": "as/assign/assigns__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsaɪnd/",
                "audio": "as/assign/assigned__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsaɪnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "as/assign/assigning__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsaɪn/",
                "audio": "as/assign/assign__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsaɪnz/",
                "audio": "as/assign/assigns__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsaɪnd/",
                "audio": "as/assign/assigned__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈsaɪnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "as/assign/assigning__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French asigner, assiner, from Latin assignare, from ad- ‘to’ + signare ‘to sign’."
}