assign

to give a job or task to someone

asignar, encargar

• assign somebody something

Collocations assign homework · assign a project

• The teacher assigned us some reading for tomorrow.

  El profesor nos asignó lectura para mañana.

to give someone a room or house to live in

asignar, designar

• assign somebody somewhere

Collocations assign a room · assign housing

• The hotel assigned us a single room.

  El hotel nos asignó una habitación individual.

to give someone the legal right to use or own something, especially land or buildings

asignar, adjudicar

• assign somebody something

Collocations assign ownership · assign rights

• The court assigned the property to her.

  El tribunal asignó la propiedad a ella.

to give a computer or program a task to do, or to connect it with another device or network

asignar, configurar

• assign something to somebody/something

Collocations assign a task · assign an IP address

• The system assigns each user a unique ID number.

  El sistema asigna un número de identificación único a cada usuario.