ALL meanings of assignment
as·sign·ment
A a - countable noun assignment An assignment is a task or piece of work that you are given to do, especially as part of your job or studies. 3
- uncountable noun assignment You can refer to someone being given a particular task or job as their assignment to the task or job. 3
- noun assignment something that has been assigned, such as a mission or task 3
- noun assignment a position or post to which a person is assigned 3
- noun assignment the act of assigning or state of being assigned 3
- noun assignment the transfer to another of a right, interest, or title to property, esp personal property 3
- noun assignment the document effecting such a transfer 3
- noun assignment the right, interest, or property transferred 3
- noun assignment (formerly) the transfer, esp by an insolvent debtor, of property in trust for the benefit of his creditors 3
- noun assignment a function that associates specific values with each variable in a formal expression 3
- noun assignment a system (1789–1841) whereby a convict could become the unpaid servant of a freeman 3
- noun assignment an assigning or being assigned; appointment; allotment 3
- noun assignment anything assigned or allotted, as a lesson, task, etc. 3
- noun assignment a transfer of a claim, right, property, etc. 3
- noun assignment an instrument, as a deed, authorizing this 3
- noun assignment act of assigning 1
- noun assignment law: transference 1
- noun assignment continuing obligation 1
- noun assignment something assigned, as a particular task or duty: She completed the assignment and went on to other jobs. 1
- noun assignment a position of responsibility, post of duty, or the like, to which one is appointed: He left for his assignment in the Middle East. 1
- noun assignment an act of assigning; appointment. 1
- noun assignment Law. the transference of a right, interest, or title, or the instrument of transfer. a transference of property to assignees for the benefit of creditors. 1
- noun assignment A task or piece of work assigned to someone as part of a job or course of study. 1
- noun Definition of assignment in Technology (programming) Storing the value of an expression in a variable. This is commonly written in the form "v = e". In Algol the assignment operator was ":=" (pronounced "becomes") to avoid mathematicians qualms about writing statements like x = x+1. Assignment is not allowed in functional languages, where an identifier always has the same value. See also referential transparency, single assignment, zero assignment. 1
- noun assignment short task 1
- noun assignment position, longer term 1
- noun assignment The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks. 0
- noun assignment The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category. 0
- noun assignment An assigned task. 0
- noun assignment A position to which someone is assigned. 0
- noun assignment (education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework. 0
- noun assignment (law) A transfer of something from one person to another, especially property, or a claim or right. 0
- noun assignment (law) A document that effects this transfer. 0
- noun assignment (computing) An operation that assigns a value to a variable. 0