assignment

CEFRB1

/əˈsaɪn.mənt/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A task or piece of work given to someone.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.

Examples

  • The assignment took me longer than I had expected.

  • Mary has finished her Japanese assignment.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.

  3. An assigned task.

More examples

In context

  • When will your assignment be completed?

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

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

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The teacher gave a challenging blank that requires detailed research and critical analysis.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English assignement, from Old French assignement. By surface analysis, assign + -ment.