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fluent Japanese.
assign v. 1 allot, allocate, apportion, consign, appropriate,
distribute, give (out), grant: A water ration was assigned to
each person. 2 fix, set (apart or aside), settle (on),
determine, appoint, authorize, designate, ordain, prescribe,
specify: Have they really assigned Thursday as the day of
worship? Please sit in the seats assigned to you. 3 appoint,
designate, order; name, delegate, nominate, attach; choose,
select; Brit second: The men have been assigned to their posts.
I assigned David to look after the champagne. 4 attribute,
ascribe, accredit, put down; refer: To which century did the
curator assign this vase?
assignment
n. 1 allotment, allocation, apportionment, giving (out),
distribution: Assignment of posts in the Cabinet is the
responsibility of the Prime Minister. 2 task, obligation,
responsibility, chore, duty, position, post, charge, job,
mission, commission; lesson, homework: Every agent is expected
to carry out his assignment. The school assignment for tomorrow
is an essay on Alexander Pope. 3 appointment, designation,
naming, nomination: The assignment of Neil Mackay to the post
was a stroke of genius. 4 designation, specification,
ascription: In ancient medicine, the assignment of the
functions of the organs was often wrong.
assist v. 1 aid, help, second, support: He could walk only if
assisted by the nurse. 2 further, promote, abet, support,
benefit, facilitate: The rumours will not assist his election.
3 help, succour, serve, work for or with; relieve: She has
always assisted the poor.
assistance
n. help, aid, support, succour, backing, reinforcement, relief,
benefit: Can you get up without my assistance? The scholarship
fund offered financial assistance.
assistant n. 1 helper, helpmate or helpmeet, aid, aide; aide-de-camp,
second: These systems make use of rhymes as assistants to the
memory. 2 deputy, subordinate, subsidiary, auxiliary;
underling: He is now the assistant to the sales manager.