ASSIGNED Synonyms: 147 Similar and Opposite Words

assigned

verb

past tense of assign

as in entrusted

to give a task, duty, or responsibility to assigned the class with the task of finding something in the state constitution they felt needed changing

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as in allotted

to give as a share or portion each new employee is assigned a cubicle and a computer

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as in ceded

to give over the legal possession or ownership of assigned all rights to and royalties from the song to the Boy Scouts

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expropriated

as in appointed

to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty the mayor assigned the panel with the task of luring a major sports franchise to the city

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Recent Examples of assigned Correction officer Eric Bonner was assigned to monitor the inmates in the unit where Guaranda was being housed, the report said. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026 Night-flying aircraft have been assigned to the incident, Cal Fire said. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 The film could use a few more such colorful secondary strands adjoining the main conflict, though one subplot involving a maybe-romance between two jaded journalists assigned to the summit is oddly framed and abruptly dropped. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026 Zinn was assigned to be a bombardier and took to it quickly, graduating from flight school as a second lieutenant with gold bars on his lapels. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026 Leapfrog grades Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grades are assigned twice a year, in the spring and fall. — Eva Flowe august 12, Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2026 The Secret Service has reportedly been assigned to protect the family in Virginia horse country as well. — Kate Andersen Brower, Vanity Fair, 12 Aug. 2026 Layshia Clarendon, who played in the WNBA from 2013 to 2024, was the league’s first nonbinary player but was not a trans woman, as she was assigned female at birth. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Aug. 2026 In OpenAI's case, the model broke out of its testing environment by exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability to complete a task it was assigned. — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026

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And at what point does unusually high executive pay weaken public confidence in nonprofit groups entrusted with addressing pressing problems?

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2026
Michael O’Hare originated the show’s lead, Commander Sinclair, a war hero entrusted with keeping the peace aboard the Babylon 5.

— JP Mangalindan, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Aug. 2026

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For a long time, the prime real estate for podcast discovery was Apple’s iTunes, where new podcasts were allotted their own row for a week.

— Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Experts say the vast majority of nonprofits cap the amount of vacation time an employee can accrue, most often to one-and-a-half times the vacation hours allotted to them for a single year.

— Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

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With another peak in the ’80s thanks to films like Risky Business and Top Gun, the sunglasses continue to dominate pop culture today—just ask rapper A$AP Rocky, who was appointed the brand’s first-ever creative director in 2025.

— Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
Hyde-Smith, first appointed and then elected in 2018, is using a familiar playbook of portraying her Democratic opponent as too liberal for Mississippi.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of appointed

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In the current framework, the BOP aims to establish a National Committee for the Administration of Gaza — an international, technocratic body tasked with running the civilian government of the strip.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 10 Aug. 2026
The company is tasked with building what the agency is calling the SMART system, short for Strategic Management of Airspace, Routes, and Trajectories.

— Joel Rose, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of tasked

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The value of free spay and neuter vouchers for pets increased last year from $70 to $120 for cats but the budget allocated for them did not, so fewer vouchers were issued overall.

— Hailey Wang, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
In addition, Mexico has allocated over $120 million to help treat raw sewage.

— Mark Sanchez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of allocated

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She was first taken to South Shore Hospital and then transferred to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston for treatment.

— Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
The crash victim, identified as a 66-year-old man, was taken out of the woods by the fire department using specialized vehicles and transferred to an ambulance which transported him to Life Star.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026

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She was nominated for a Genie Award for her performance in the supporting actress category.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2026
That delay also explains why McConaughey has had other projects that filmed later on, like Paul Greengrass’ Oscar-nominated The Lost Bus, already reach the public.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026

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