(a) To allot or allocate (sth. to sb.) for use or possession; assign (an area to a continent); (b) transfer, convey (property); bequeath (property) by will; allot (dower); (c) allot (a condition or span of life); prescribe (punishment, pain, etc.) as one's due.

To assign or entrust (an office or task to sb.).

(a) To assign or appoint (sb. to a task); (b) nominate or appoint (sb.) to an office; assign (sb. to a post); (c) assign (one person to another for service, for a purpose).

(a) To prescribe, ordain, direct (a course of action, that sth. be done); ordain (events); (b) order, direct (sb. to do sth. or that sth. be done); cause (sth. to operate).

To designate or fix (a place, as for a meeting); assign (lodging).

(a) To appoint or set (a time, as for a meeting or a transaction); (b) to fix the time of (a meeting); (c) to make an appointment with (sb. to do sth.).

To provide, allocate, earmark (funds, as for the payment of debts, fees, claims).

Astron. To assign ('signs' of the zodiac to the months).

(a) To indicate, point out, or specify (an entity, a characteristic, etc.); assigned, specific, particular; signify (an intention); (b) to design, devise, or set up (a classification, a scheme, etc.); (c) to attribute.

To offer or allege (a reason, an explanation, an excuse).

To exhibit, display (sth.).