Definition: 1. A task or piece of work that somebody is given to do, usually as part of their job or studies. 2. A duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces). 3. The instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another. 4. The act of distributing something to designated places or persons.
Use 'assignment' in a sentence:
1. She's going to India on a special assignment for her newspaper.
2. I just got zeros on a couple of first assignments.
3. She just laughed when she heard that the boss had made the assignment purposely.
4. His job is the assignment of the chores.
5. Start from there, but remember to stick to the parameters of the assignment.
6. Sue accepted each assignment cheerfully.
7. He has just come off a difficult assignment.
8. They took on the assignment with great zeal.
9. A conference in guilin! what a great assignment!
10. Now we need to decide how we're going to do this assignment.
11. Report your return from the assignment, then you can have a few days off.
12. Her assignment for the last five years has been Washington and American politics.
13. His assignment was to follow the spy.
14. I hate to interrupt your intimate conversation but we do have an assignment to discuss.
15. I mean, I looked at it online when I was working on this assignment.
16. Despite the way we tell our story is different, we changed the assignment.
17. Out of courtesy, I think it's important to follow the assignment.
18. I'm sorry my assignment isn't finished. The thing is, I've had a lot of other work this week.
19. How would you grade the assignment?
20. Hi Melanie, what do you think of the assignment that we got today?
21. I was hoping you could tell me the reading assignment.
22. I don't expect you to read a dozen books on whales for this assignment.
23. Today's assignment is to draw a horse in motion.
24. She is in Greece on an assignment for one of the Sunday newspapers.
25. He was taken hostage while on his first foreign assignment as a television journalist.
26. But remember to stick to the parameters of the assignment.
27. Thanks, I feel a lot better about this assignment now.
28. I have an assignment for you.
29. I need to get this assignment finished by Monday, and I'm way behind.
30. "We don't really have a missed assignment policy," she said.
31. Her assignment to other duties was decided.
32. The assignment on physics is a real challenge.
33. Headquarters was swamped by an avalanche of applications for battle assignments.
34. You know the assignment has to do with Spectroscopy, right?
35. He was sent abroad on a difficult assignment.
36. Almost all their assignment and essays are typed on a computer.
37. We don't really have a missed assignment policy, she said.
38. The pupils were doing their assignments.
39. It had been a monumental blunder to give him the assignment.
40. An Australian division scheduled for assignment to Greece was ordered to remain in Egypt.
41. For each assignment, I was to write the best essay I could.
42. I'm going to begin this lecture by giving you your next assignment.
43. He is a yellow-bellied guy; don't send him on such a tough assignment!
44. The reporter took on the assignment with great zeal.
45. The two-way choice system as a reform of the present job assignment system for college graduates means that graduates could choose employers and employers could choose graduates, both of their own free will.
46. We believe the time and hard work involved in completing such an assignment are worthwhile.
47. I've been working at my assignment all day.
48. She had given the assignment an A.
49. You will need to complete three written assignments per semester.
50. You must complete three written assignments.
51. The assessment for the course involves written assignments and practical tests.
52. There's a room assignment sheet on the bulletin board outside this office.
53. It's just too ambitious for the scope of the assignment.
54. I had set myself a tough assignment.
55. He saw the assignment as a way to forward his career.
