assigned
part of speech
verb (past form and past participle of assign: assign, assigns, assigned, assigning); adjective (assigned)
meaning for a pupil
1) Assigned means given as a job or task to someone: «the homework assigned by the teacher». tree →
2) Assigned means put in a certain place or group: «your assigned seat». tree →
3) In maths, a value is assigned to a letter when we say what number it stands for. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school it is about tasks and places: assigned reading, assigned groups, assigned seats. In maths and computing, assigning a value to a variable (x = 5) means giving the letter that value. Phrases: «be assigned to», «assigned seat», «assigned reading».
examples
- The teacher assigned us a page of sums. tree →
- Each pupil was assigned a partner. tree →
- Please sit in your assigned seat. tree →
- 24 children were assigned to 4 groups equally; how many in each group? tree →
- The value 7 was assigned to the letter n. tree →
- Mum assigned me the job of feeding the cat. tree →
- A place in his palace was assigned to him by Zeus, who employed him to carry his thunder and lightning. tree →
note
Spelling: as-SIGN-ed — keep the silent g. Verb: assign something to someone, or assign someone something. Maths: «assigned equally to groups» means divide.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «assigned» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.