- assignment, duty assignment - a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces); "hazardous duty"
--1 is a kind of duty
--1 has particulars:guard duty, guard, sentry duty, sentry go; fatigue duty, fatigue; mission, charge, commission; reassignment; sea-duty, service abroad, shipboard duty; shore duty Derived form: verb assign1 - assignment - the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
--2 is a kind of legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument
Derived form: verb assign7 - assignment, assigning - the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"
--3 is a kind of distribution
--3 has particulars: allocationDerived form: verb assign8 - grant, assignment - (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
--4 is a kind of transferred property, transferred possession
--4 has particulars: appanage, apanage; land grantDerived form: verb assign7 - assignment - an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
--5 is a kind of undertaking, project, task, labor
--5 has particulars:school assignment, schoolwork; written assignment, writing assignment Derived form: verb assign4 - appointment, assignment, designation, naming - the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
--6 is a kind of decision, determination, conclusion
--6 has particulars:nomination; co-option, co-optation; delegacy; ordination, ordinance; recognition Derived form: verb assign1