assign | (verb) select something or someone for a specific purpose | Synonyms: set apart, specify |
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(verb) attribute or credit to | Synonyms: ascribe, attribute, impute |
(verb) decide as to where something belongs in a scheme | Synonyms: attribute |
(verb) attribute or give | Synonyms: put |
(verb) transfer one's right to | - |
(verb) give out | Synonyms: allot, portion |
(verb) make undue claims to having | Synonyms: arrogate |
(verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | Synonyms: delegate, depute, designate |
assignable | (adjective) legally transferable to the ownership of another | Synonyms: conveyable, negotiable, transferable, transferrable |
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assignation | (noun) a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) | Synonyms: tryst |
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(noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, parceling, parcelling |
assigned | (adjective) appointed to a post or duty | - |
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assignee | (noun) (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred) | - |
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assigning | (noun) the act of distributing something to designated places or persons | Synonyms: assignment |
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assignment | (noun) a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces) | Synonyms: duty assignment |
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(noun) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position | Synonyms: appointment, designation, naming |
(noun) the act of distributing something to designated places or persons | Synonyms: assigning |
(noun) an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) | - |
(noun) the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another | - |
(noun) (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance | Synonyms: grant |
assignor | (noun) (law) the party who makes an assignment | - |
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consign | (verb) give over to another for care or safekeeping | Synonyms: charge |
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(verb) commit forever; commit irrevocably | - |
(verb) send to an address | - |
consignee | (noun) the person to whom merchandise is delivered over | - |
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consigner | (noun) the person who delivers over or commits merchandise | Synonyms: consignor |
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consignment | (noun) the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital) | Synonyms: commitment, committal |
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(noun) the delivery of goods for sale or disposal | - |
(noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, freight, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment |
consignor | (noun) the person who delivers over or commits merchandise | Synonyms: consigner |
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cosign | (verb) sign and endorse (another person's signature), as for a loan | Synonyms: co-sign |
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(verb) sign jointly | Synonyms: co-sign |
cosignatory | (adjective) signing jointly with others | - |
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(noun) one of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration) | Synonyms: cosigner |
cosigner | (noun) one of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration) | Synonyms: cosignatory |
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(noun) a signer in addition to the principal signer (to verify the authenticity of the principal signature or to provide surety) | - |
countersign | (noun) a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed | Synonyms: countersignature |
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(noun) a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group | Synonyms: parole, password, watchword, word |
(verb) add one's signature to after another's to attest authenticity | - |
countersignature | (noun) a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed | Synonyms: countersign |
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design | (noun) the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan) | Synonyms: designing |
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(noun) a decorative or artistic work | Synonyms: figure, pattern |
(noun) a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something | - |
(noun) the creation of something in the mind | Synonyms: conception, excogitation, innovation, invention |
(noun) an arrangement scheme | Synonyms: plan |
(noun) something intended as a guide for making something else | Synonyms: blueprint, pattern |
(noun) an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions | Synonyms: aim, intent, intention, purpose |
(verb) plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect | - |
(verb) intend or have as a purpose | - |
(verb) create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner | - |
(verb) make or work out a plan for; devise | Synonyms: contrive, plan, project |
(verb) create designs | - |
(verb) conceive or fashion in the mind; invent | - |
designate | (adjective) appointed but not yet installed in office | - |
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(verb) design or destine | Synonyms: destine, intend, specify |
(verb) assign a name or title to | Synonyms: denominate |
(verb) decree or designate beforehand | Synonyms: destine, doom, fate |
(verb) indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively | Synonyms: indicate, point, show |
(verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | Synonyms: assign, delegate, depute |
designation | (noun) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position | Synonyms: appointment, assignment, naming |
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(noun) the act of designating or identifying something | Synonyms: identification |
(noun) identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others | Synonyms: appellation, appellative, denomination |
designative | (adjective) serving to designate | - |
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designatum | (noun) something (whether existing or not) that is referred to by a linguistic expression | - |
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designed | (adjective) done or made or performed with purpose and intent | Synonyms: intentional, unintentional |
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designedly | (adverb) with intention; in an intentional manner | Synonyms: advisedly, by choice, by design, deliberately, intentionally, on purpose, purposely |
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designer | (noun) someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings) | Synonyms: architect |
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(noun) someone who designs clothing | Synonyms: clothes designer, couturier, fashion designer |
(noun) a person who specializes in interior design | Synonyms: interior designer |
(noun) a person who devises plots or intrigues | Synonyms: intriguer |
(noun) someone who specializes in graphic design | Synonyms: graphic designer |
designing | (adjective) concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest | Synonyms: scheming |
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(noun) the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan) | Synonyms: design |
ensign | (noun) colors flown by a ship to show its nationality | - |
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(noun) an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality | Synonyms: national flag |
(noun) a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade | - |
fansign | (noun) a sign made by a fan, usually with the target's name on it | - |
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fogsignal | (noun) a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships | Synonyms: foghorn |
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insignia | (noun) a badge worn to show official position | - |
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insignificance | (noun) the quality of having little or no significance | - |
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insignificant | (adjective) devoid of importance, meaning, or force | Synonyms: unimportant |
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(adjective) signifying nothing | - |
(adjective) of little importance or influence or power; of minor status | Synonyms: peanut |
(adjective) small and unimpressive | Synonyms: dinky |
insignificantly | (adverb) not to a significant degree or amount | - |
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(adverb) in an insignificant manner | - |
nonsignificant | (adjective) attributable to chance | - |
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reassign | (verb) transfer somebody to a different position or location of work | Synonyms: transfer |
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reassignment | (noun) assignment to a different duty | - |
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redesign | (verb) design anew, make a new design for | - |
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resign | (verb) accept as inevitable | Synonyms: reconcile, submit |
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(verb) part with a possession or right | Synonyms: free, give up, release, relinquish |
(verb) leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily | Synonyms: give up, renounce, vacate |
(verb) give up or retire from a position | Synonyms: leave office, quit, step down |
resignation | (noun) the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.) | - |
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(noun) a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign | - |
(noun) acceptance of despair | Synonyms: surrender |
resignedly | (adverb) with resignation and acceptance; in a resigned manner | - |
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(adverb) in a hopeless resigned manner | Synonyms: abjectly |
sign | (adjective) used of the language of the deaf | Synonyms: gestural, sign-language, signed |
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(noun) structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted | Synonyms: signboard |
(noun) a public display of a message | - |
(noun) a gesture that is part of a sign language | - |
(noun) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | Synonyms: signal, signaling, signalling |
(noun) a character indicating a relation between quantities | - |
(noun) a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened) | Synonyms: mark |
(noun) a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified | - |
(noun) an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come | Synonyms: augury, foretoken, preindication |
(noun) (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided | Synonyms: house, mansion, planetary house, sign of the zodiac, star sign |
(noun) having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges) | Synonyms: polarity |
(noun) (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease | - |
(verb) be engaged by a written agreement | - |
(verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: signal, signalise, signalize |
(verb) mark with one's signature; write one's name (on) | Synonyms: subscribe |
(verb) make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate | Synonyms: bless |
(verb) communicate in sign language | - |
(verb) place signs, as along a road | - |
(verb) approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation | Synonyms: ratify |
(verb) engage by written agreement | Synonyms: contract, sign on, sign up |
signage | (noun) signs collectively (especially commercial signs or posters) | - |
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signal | (adjective) notably out of the ordinary | - |
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(noun) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | Synonyms: sign, signaling, signalling |
(noun) any incitement to action | - |
(noun) an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes | - |
(verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: sign, signalise, signalize |
(verb) be a signal for or a symptom of | Synonyms: bespeak, betoken, indicate, point |
signaler | (noun) someone who communicates by signals | Synonyms: signaller |
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signaling | (noun) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | Synonyms: sign, signal, signalling |
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signalisation | (noun) a conspicuous indication | Synonyms: signalization |
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signalise | (verb) make conspicuous or noteworthy | Synonyms: distinguish, signalize |
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(verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: sign, signal, signalize |
(verb) point out carefully and clearly | Synonyms: call attention, point out, signalize |
(verb) provide with traffic signals | Synonyms: signalize |
signalization | (noun) a conspicuous indication | Synonyms: signalisation |
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signalize | (verb) make conspicuous or noteworthy | Synonyms: distinguish, signalise |
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(verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: sign, signal, signalise |
(verb) point out carefully and clearly | Synonyms: call attention, point out, signalise |
(verb) provide with traffic signals | Synonyms: signalise |
signaller | (noun) someone who communicates by signals | Synonyms: signaler |
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signalling | (noun) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message | Synonyms: sign, signal, signaling |
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signally | (adverb) in a signal manner | Synonyms: remarkably, unmistakably |
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(adverb) as a signal | - |
signalman | (noun) a railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a railroad yard | - |
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signatory | (noun) someone who signs and is bound by a document | Synonyms: signer |
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signature | (noun) a distinguishing style | Synonyms: touch |
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(noun) your name written in your own handwriting | - |
(noun) a sheet with several pages printed on it; it folds to page size and is bound with other signatures to form a book | - |
(noun) the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key | Synonyms: key signature |
(noun) a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program | Synonyms: signature tune, theme song |
signboard | (noun) structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted | Synonyms: sign |
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signed | (adjective) having a handwritten signature | - |
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(adjective) used of the language of the deaf | Synonyms: gestural, sign-language, sign |
signer | (noun) someone who signs and is bound by a document | Synonyms: signatory |
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(noun) someone who can use sign language to communicate | - |
signet | (noun) a seal (especially one used to mark documents officially) | - |
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significance | (noun) the quality of being significant | - |
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(noun) a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred | Synonyms: implication, import |
(noun) the message that is intended or expressed or signified | Synonyms: import, meaning, signification |
significant | (adjective) important in effect or meaning | Synonyms: important |
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(adjective) too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation | - |
(adjective) of considerable importance, size, or worth | Synonyms: substantial |
(adjective) rich in significance or implication | Synonyms: meaning, pregnant |
significantly | (adverb) in an important way or to an important degree | Synonyms: importantly |
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(adverb) in a significant manner | - |
(adverb) in a statistically significant way | - |
signification | (noun) the message that is intended or expressed or signified | Synonyms: import, meaning, significance |
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significative | (adjective) (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly | Synonyms: indicative, indicatory, revelatory, suggestive |
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signified | (noun) the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted | Synonyms: sense |
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signifier | (noun) the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something | Synonyms: descriptor, form, word form |
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signify | (verb) convey or express a meaning | - |
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(verb) make known with a word or signal | - |
(verb) denote or connote | Synonyms: intend, mean, stand for |
signing | (noun) language expressed by visible hand gestures | Synonyms: sign language |
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signior | (noun) used as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately | Synonyms: signor |
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signor | (noun) used as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately | Synonyms: signior |
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signora | (noun) an Italian title of address equivalent to Mrs. when used before a name | - |
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signore | (noun) an Italian title of respect for a man; equivalent to the English `sir'; used separately (not prefixed to his name) | - |
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signorina | (noun) an Italian courtesy title for an unmarried woman; equivalent to `Miss', it is either used alone or before a name | - |
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signory | (noun) the estate of a seigneur | Synonyms: seigneury, seigniory |
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signpost | (noun) a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way | Synonyms: guidepost |
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(verb) mark with a signpost, as of a path | - |
unassignable | (adjective) incapable of being transferred | Synonyms: nontransferable, untransferable |
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unassigned | (adjective) not assigned | - |
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undersign | (verb) sign at the bottom of (a document) | - |
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undesigned | (adjective) not done or made or performed with purpose or intent | - |
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unsigned | (adjective) lacking a signature | - |
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