"assigned" meaning in English

See assigned in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈsaɪnd/ Audio: en-us-assigned.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -aɪnd Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|assign<id:designate>|id=designated|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *segnom Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *segnāō Latin signō Latin assignōlbor. Old French assignerbor. Middle English assignen English assign English assigned Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} assigned (not comparable)
  1. Which has been assigned or designated for some purpose. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-assigned-en-adj-OHjivV5M

Verb

IPA: /əˈsaɪnd/ Audio: en-us-assigned.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -aɪnd Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|assign<id:designate>|id=designated|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *segnom Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *segnāō Latin signō Latin assignōlbor. Old French assignerbor. Middle English assignen English assign English assigned Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} assigned
  1. simple past and past participle of assign Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: assign Derived forms: assigned risk, assigned servant, birth-assigned, female-assigned, male-assigned, nonassigned, preassigned, unassigned
    Sense id: en-assigned-en-verb-e2ToSa4r Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 9 91

Alternative forms

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