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assign

CEFR B1

to designate a person or thing for a particular task, post, or recipient

In a sentence

Six example sentences with assign, each labelled with its topic.

  • The court will assign a public defender to anyone who appears at arraignment without a lawyer.

    Law

  • Airlines assign crews to routes months ahead, which is why a pilot may fly the same city all winter.

    Travel

  • Rather than hire, the founders assign one engineer to support duty each week and rotate the burden fairly.

    Startups

  • The coach will assign her best defender to the opposing point guard for the entire second half.

    Basketball

  • The raid leader assigns each healer a tank, so nobody has to wonder whose health bar to watch.

    Gaming

  • The charge nurse assigns beds at seven each morning, matching the sickest patients to the nurses with the lightest load.

    Medicine

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