assignment meaning and definition

ASSIGNMENT noun

Definition of assignment (noun)

1. a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)
   • "hazardous duty"
   • synonyms: duty assignment
2. the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
3. the act of distributing something to designated places or persons
   • "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"
   • synonyms: assigning
4. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
   • synonyms: grant
5. an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
6. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
   • "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
   • synonyms: appointment, designation, naming