ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsAassignment
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assignment
Meaning: a task given to someone to complete
assignment in a sentence
How assignment is used in real sentences:
Our science assignment asks us to observe the weather for a week.
For her art assignment, Ava drew the same tree during three different seasons.
“He gave her an assignment to record how the canal changed daily life.”
— from the passage A Waterway Opens
Synonyms for assignment
Other words for assignment — task, project and homework — carry the same meaning.
- task
- project
- homework
Antonyms of assignment
Words that mean the opposite of assignment:
- free-time activity
- self-chosen activity
Where it comes from
From Latin assignare 'to mark out or allot'
Memory hook
ASSIGNMENT has 'sign' in it: picture a sign pointing to the work you need to finish.
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