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noun as in responsibility, task

Strongest matches

  • appointment

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noun as in selecting or setting apart

  • distribution
  • apportionment
  • appropriation
  • assignation
  • attribution
  • authorization
  • consignment
  • designation
  • determination
  • specification
  • stipulation

Example Sentences

This, she and advocates argued, would allow inmates to refuse a work assignment, choose their schedule, and have more time for rehabilitation, including therapy and schooling.

Some workers have said in lawsuits and civil rights complaints that they were terminated or stopped receiving assignments after suffering an injury or reporting other health concerns.

Schiff will be navigating a new workplace for the first time since 2001, contending with nuts-and-bolts issues like committee assignments and office space, and trying to build relationships to pass laws that benefit California.

She started a monthlong substitute-teaching assignment on Nov. 4 and said she was outraged to receive a call from an assistant superintendent on Wednesday dismissing her.

I believe he will kneecap the White House Correspondents Association, by ignoring our recommendations and requests and possibly taking over assignment of seats in the Brady Briefing Room — traditionally the province of the WHCA.

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Words related to assignment are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word assignment . Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

noun as in matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity

  • circumstance
  • office function
  • responsibility
  • transaction
  • undertaking

noun as in arrangement for meeting; prearranged meeting

  • consultation

noun as in job, position of responsibility

  • officeholder
  • representative

noun as in allocation, setting aside

  • setting apart

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Synonyms of assignments

  • as in tasks
  • as in missions
  • as in lessons
  • as in appointments
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Thesaurus Definition of assignments

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • responsibilities
  • undertakings
  • enterprises
  • commissions
  • requirements
  • obligations
  • commitments
  • appointments
  • constraints
  • designations
  • nominations
  • compulsions
  • installments
  • delegations
  • authorizations
  • investments
  • installations
  • instalments
  • destinations
  • emplacements
  • ordinations
  • deputations
  • investitures
  • anointments

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • depositions
  • dismissions
  • dethronements

Examples Sentences

  • William Harwood, CBS News , 4 Oct. 2024
  • Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering , 3 Oct. 2024
  • Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News , 16 Nov. 2024
  • Max Blau, ProPublica , 14 Nov. 2024
  • Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe , 4 Oct. 2024
  • Greg Hewitt, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2024
  • Santhosh Vijayabaskar, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2024
  • Kara Fox, CNN , 4 Oct. 2024
  • Hanna Ziady, CNN , 4 Oct. 2024
  • Jeff Mahler, Forbes , 4 Oct. 2024

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“Assignments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assignments. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.

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