If you assign a piece of work to someone, you give them the work to do. When I taught, I would assign a topic to children which they would write about. [VERB noun + to] Later in the year, she'll assign them research papers. [VERB noun noun] When teachers assign homework, students usually feel an obligation to do it. [VERB noun] More @Wikipedia
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