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noun as in job or chore, often assigned

Strongest matches

• responsibility
• undertaking

Strong matches

Weak matches

• daily grind
• fun and games
• long row to hoe

verb as in assign, burden

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Example sentences.

They provide response playbooks, help assign tasks to the correct team members, and help capture records of how and when your company took action.

The beauty of it all is that once your papers are organized, your space is cleaner and your tasks are accomplished quicker.

A hashtag challenge is a unique TikTok’s content format where brands ask users to post a certain task using a specific hashtag.

Today’s technologies aren’t up to the task of deep decarbonization.

You can also right-click on the app and choose End task from there.

In 2011 LGBT media outlet Queerty took the app to task for allegedly deleting accounts that made reference to being trans.

Detectives with a fugitive task force caught up with Polanco and a friend on a Bronx street in the early afternoon.

Sabrine is a trained lawyer, likely a helpful quality when your task is to push politicians.

It was a complex task they were asked to do, and every cultural and experiential advantage would be required.

Before dying in 1219, Marshal would begin the task of rebuilding England after decades of war.

And it was no light task, then, for six hundred men to keep the peace on a thousand miles of frontier.

Will the new issues promptly retire when their special task is over?

He sighed as he laid the papers on the table; for he thought the task would be a harder one than even his own immolation.

Having accomplished his task within three months Datto Mandi withdrew with all his men, except two who wished to settle at Pardo.

Through the beautiful, windy autumn days, he labored at his difficult task, the task of telling a story.

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Words related to task are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word task . Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

noun as in special interest or pursuit

• entertainment

noun as in matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity

• circumstance
• office function
• transaction

noun as in mental weight; stress

• accountability
• ball and chain
• encumbrance
• excess baggage
• Herculean task
• obstruction
• thorn in one's side

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On this page you'll find 126 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to task, such as: assignment, burden, business, duty, effort, and exercise.

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Synonyms of 'assignment' in British English

Additional synonyms, synonyms of 'assignment' in american english, video: pronunciation of assignment.

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• assignation
• assimilated
• assimilation
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Synonyms for assignment

• responsibility
• appointment
• undertaking
• designation
• distribution
• consignment
• dealing out
• assignation
• apportionment

the act of distributing or the condition of being distributed

• admeasurement
• dispensation

the act of attributing

• attribution

a piece of work that has been assigned

A making over of legal ownership or title, a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces).

• duty assignment

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• sentry duty
• fatigue duty
• reassignment
• service abroad
• shipboard duty

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

• legal document
• legal instrument
• official document
• jurisprudence

the act of distributing something to designated places or persons

• storage allocation

(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

• transferred possession
• transferred property

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

• school assignment
• writing assignment
• written assignment

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

• determination
• co-optation
• recognition
• assertively
• assertiveness
• assertiveness training
• asseveration
• asseverator
• assibilation
• assiduousness
• assimilable
• assimilating
• assimilation
• assimilative
• assimilator
• assimilatory
• assistant foreman
• assistant professor
• assisted suicide
• associability
• associableness
• associate degree
• Associate in Applied Science
• Associate in Arts
• assigned to
• assigning to
• Assignment (computer science)
• Assignment (education)
• Assignment (law)
• Assignment Action Number
• Assignment and Analysis of Broadband Spectra
• Assignment and Justification Questionnaire
• Assignment and Lease
• Assignment and Licensing System
• Assignment and Transmittal Document
• Assignment Area
• Assignment Availability Code
• Assignment by Choice
• Assignment Capsule
• Assignment Capsules
• Assignment Clause, Life Insurance
• Assignment Completed
• Assignment Consideration
• Assignment Control Authority
• Assignment Control Number
• Assignment Coordination Group
• Assignment Data Card
• Assignment Date
• Assignment Eligibility & Availability
• Assignment for benefit of creditors
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Synonyms and antonyms of assign in English

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be up to your eyeballs in something

to be very busy with something

Binding, nailing, and gluing: talking about fastening things together

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Create task assignments for one to many people and view or update the assignment details. You can assign all tasks within a checklist to students.

From Student Central, click Search and search for Task Assignments to go to the task assignments landing page with a list of assigned tasks. Narrow down the assigned task list using different advanced search criteria like Status, Assignee, Due Date, and so on. You can also view a task details by clicking a task name.

Here are some examples of task details:

Person name to whom the task is assigned.

Highlighted due date and time for overdue task.

Status, such as in progress or completed.

Assigned date.

While creating a new task assignment, select assignment purposes to associate it with an object, such as General. You can see assignments summary and detail information while progressing through the assignment wizard. This helps to maintain context of the task being assigned and to ensure the accuracy of your assignments. View or edit the summaries of choices selected in each step of the task assignment wizard before triggering the assignment.

Assign multiple tasks at once. While doing that, narrow down the task list using the different Advanced Search criteria like Tags, Checklist Name, and so on.

Assign the selected tasks to multiple people within the organization. Narrow down the person list using different Advanced Search criteria like Date of Birth, Attributes, and so on.

Use the Select Task Options to confirm if you want to notify assignees, send due date reminders, or enable tasks to be reassigned to another person.

Synonyms of assigns

• as in tasks
• as in allots
• as in cedes
• as in appoints
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Thesaurus Definition of assigns

Synonyms & Similar Words

• commissions
• distributes
• administers
• contributes
• shares (out)
• parcels (out)
• metes (out)
• redistributes
• reallocates
• reapportions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deprives (of)
• appropriates
• confiscates
• relinquishes
• disposes of
• passes (down)
• expropriates
• constitutes
• inaugurates
• consecrates
• singles (out)

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“Assigns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assigns. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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