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Definition: Assignment |
AssignmentNoun1. As duty that you are assigned to perform especially in the armed forces: "hazardous duty". 2. The instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another. 3. The act of distributing something to designated places or persons; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum". 4. (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance. 5. An undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor). 6. The act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "assignment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Etymology: Assignment \As*sign"ment\, noun. [from Late Latin expression assignamentum: compare to Old French expression assenement.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Assignment |
Business | The transfer of a debt, an article or a right to another party ; a transfer or setting over of property, or of some right or interest therein, from one person to another. Source: European Union. (references) |
Finance | The transfer in writing of some or all ownership rights to real or personal property from one party to another. (references) |
Information Technology | A temporary job of work performed by a temporary worker for a user undertaking. Source: European Union. (references) |
Shipping | A term commonly used in connection with a bill of lading. It involves the transfer of rights, title and interest in order to assign goods by endorsing the bill of lading. (references) |
Transportation | In transport planning, a final step in the travel-demand forecasting process whereby the relative attractiveness of alternative routes is determined and trips as described by origin-destination are assigned to the routes. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| ASP | English | Assignment Source Point | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: AssignmentSynonyms: appointment (n), assigning (n), designation (n), duty assignment (n), grant (n), naming (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Apportionment | Noun: apportionment, allotment, consignment, assignment, appointment; appropriation; dispensation, distribution; division, deal; repartition, partition; administration. |
Commission | Noun: commission, delegation; consignment, assignment; procuration; deputation, legation, mission, embassy; agency, agentship; power of attorney; clerkship; surrogacy. |
Transfer | Noun: transfer, conveyance, assignment, alienation, abalienation; demise, limitation; conveyancing; transmission; (transference); enfeoffment, bargain and sale, lease and release; exchange; (interchange); barter; substitution. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Your assignment tonight is strategic. (The Longest Day; writing credit: Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall, Cornelius Ryan, and Jack Seddon. based on the book by Cornelius Ryan.) You know, this isn't exactly a plum assignment for me either. (Dark Angel; writing credit: Ben Aaronovitch; Mark Ezra) I shall try to be worthy of this assignment, sir. (The Caine Mutiny; writing credit: Herman Wouk; Stanley Roberts) I was headed for an assignment in Cairo when I stopped off in Tokyo for a social call. (Gojira; writing credit: Ishir Honda; Shigeru Kayama) It was just supposed to be another assignment! (Rambo: First Blood Part II; writing credit: Kevin Jarre; Sylvester Stallone) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Assignment Vienna (1972) Dangerous Assignment (1952) Tough Assignment (1949) Assignment in Brittany (1943) Cub Reporter's Assignment (1914) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Day laborers waiting for possible assignment to work, early morning, Raymondville, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Alvin R. Dyer | Never make an assignment if you don't plan to follow up. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | You're angry and tired and the more you think about the assignment, the tenser you become. (references) | |
Strategies must be implemented for obtaining optimal tissue and prioritizing assignment of available specimens to studies defining the biological and clinical significance of these cellular and molecular characteristics in relation to etiology, mechanisms of progression, and clinical behavior of colorectal cancer. (references) | ||
Business | Such policies include moving the state government out of the housing ownership and assignment process, making housing a commodity that can be owned outright, and traded on the open market. (references) | |
In general, a continuous presence in the local market, assignment of a local representative, and regular visits to the region help keep foreign suppliers informed of market changes and opportunities, which may sometimes be unexpected. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Canada | The student was arrested after reading aloud in class a fictional essay he wrote for a class assignment, in which a bullied boy blows up his school. (references) |
Cyprus | In April Turkish Cypriot authorities and the Government of Cyprus came to an agreement, after 4 years, on the assignment of a second Orthodox priest to work in the north. (references) | |
Bangladesh | On April 20, a group of armed men ambushed Prabir Sikder, the Faridpur district correspondent for the Dhaka-based Bangla-language daily Janakantha, near Faridpur while he was on assignment. (references) | |
Discrimination | Slovak Republic | The committee completed its assignment in December, and found that the Penal Code sufficiently addresses antidiscrimination concerns, but both improved legislation protecting civil rights and better implementation of the legislation was needed. (references) |
Economic History | Ukraine | A transfer of ownership rights is accomplished through an assignment of contractual rights. (references) |
Turkey | There is no limitation placed on the assignment of expatriates as managers or technical staff. (references) | |
Human Rights | Nepal | The Council also is responsible for the assignment of judges, disciplinary action, and other administrative matters. (references) |
Panama | In addition, PNP officers are untrained for prison duty and generally find the assignment distasteful which contributes to tension and abuses within the prison system. (references) | |
Russia | In June an FSB spokesman in Omsk accused a foreign scholar of espionage, after she tasked her Russian students with an assignment to study the economic infrastructure of the region. (references) | |
Minorities | Estonia | The latter category includes spouses who came to Estonia in connection with the service member's assignment to a posting, the reserves, or retirement. (references) |
Iraq | Ethnic Turkmen also claim discrimination by Kurdish groups, including the required use of the Kurdistan flag in Turkmen schools and the assignment of Kurdish teachers to Turkmen schools. (references) | |
Political Economy | GUATEMALA | The TRQ for beef is suspended for 2001 and there is no quota assignment this year nor is there an import license required. (references) |
Trade | Russia | A CBR permit is also required to assign an exporter's or importer's payment right and the assignment of an importer's or foreign supplier's debt to a third party. (references) |
Travel | China | Overseas Assignment to China: Expatriate managers who are assigned to work in China need to apply for employment visas (see above). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Mitch Daniels | I have a lot of regard for all of the Appropriations leadership. There's some inherent tension between their job as they see it and my assignment from the president. And I'll do my best to keep things as civil as the president insists that we keep them. |
Walter Cronkite | I'm just back from the biggest assignment that any American reporter could have so far in this war. And when we were permitted to write, there was plenty to report. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | The Council is about to resume its primary assignment of drawing up treaties of peace with Italy, Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Finland. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Assignment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.82% of the time. "Assignment" is used about 1,126 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.82% | 1,124 | 6,783 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,126 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "assignment": address assignment ♦ altitude assignment ♦ assignment centre code ♦ assignment list ♦ assignment of dower ♦ assignment of marks ♦ assignment of present or future debts ♦ assignment of stands ♦ assignment of title ♦ assignment problem ♦ blame assignment ♦ carrier facility assignment ♦ code assignment plan ♦ demand assignment ♦ demand assignment multiple access ♦ demand assignment signaling and switching ♦ demand assignment signalling and switching ♦ duty assignment ♦ dynamic traffic assignment ♦ earmarked for assignment ♦ frequency assignment ♦ homework assignment ♦ linear assignment ♦ Medicare Assignment ♦ novel assignment ♦ number assignment module ♦ PIN assignment ♦ reading assignment ♦ register assignment ♦ route assignment ♦ school assignment ♦ seat assignment ♦ single assignment ♦ single ASsignment Language ♦ space assignment ♦ special assignment ♦ swap assignment ♦ task assignment ♦ type assignment ♦ wage assignment ♦ weapons assignment ♦ work assignment ♦ writing assignment ♦ written assignment ♦ zero assignment. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "assignment": non-assignment, re-assignment, root-assignment. | |
Containing "assignment": lecture-textbook-assignment-grade. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "assignment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | sitplektoewysing (seat assignment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | transferim (assignation, devolution, move, movement, switch, transfer, transferal, transference, translation, trans-shipment), ngarkim (lading, loading, shipment, shipping), funksion (appointment, duty, function, role, running, work), detyrë (assignation, burden, business, chore, devoir, duty, exercise, job, labor, labour, mission, obligation, office, ought, place, project, seal, task, task-work, tie, trust), caktim (allocation, allotment, appointment, assessment, assignation, constitution, demarcation, nomination, statement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مهمة (business, charge, commission, designation, duty, errand, function, job, mission, office, place, stint, task, undertaking, work), نقل الملكية (alienation, conveyance, transfer), واجب (charge, duty, imperative, must, obligation, office, onus, ought, task, trust), تنازل عن ملكيات, درس مفروض. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | възлагане (allocation, allotment, assignation), назначение (designation, destination, nomination, placement), прехвърляне (alienation, assignation, demise, tradition, transfer, transference), приписване (ascription, assignation, attribution, imputation, reference), пост (billet, guard, office, position, post, quarter, room, sentry, station), домашна работа (home work, schoolwork). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 宿題 , 任务 (task), 任務 (duty, mission, role, task). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | přidìlování (allotment), převod (endorsement, negotiation, remittance, transfer, version), mise (mission), úkol (job, labor, labour, mission, objective, part, stint, target, task, undertaking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tildeling (allocation, allotment, allowance, apportionment, bonus), fastlægning (route assignment), cession. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | akte van cessie (conveyance, deed of transfer), toewijzing (allocation, allotment, allowance, assigning, attribution, bonus, stacking allotment), toekennen (accord, accredit, adjudge, give), route vastlegging (route assignment), cessie (abandonment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ماموریت (Agency, Duty, Errand, Function, Mission, Tour), واگذاری (Abandon, Abandonment, Bail, Cession, Conveyance, Demission, Resignation, Submission, Surrender), وظیفه (Duty, Function, Incumbency, Obligation, Office, Role, Service, Task, Taskwork, Work), حواله (Order), تکلیف درسی ومشق شاگرد, تخصیص اسناد, انتقال قانونی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | antaminen, taajuudenanto, sijoitus (investment), sijoittaminen (collocation, localization, location), siirto (brought forward, carried forward, endorsement, move, removal, transfer, transplantation), luovutustoimi (conveyance, deed of transfer), luovutus (cession, conveyance, delivery, surrender, transfer), liikenteen sijoittelu (route assignment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Flemish | reservatie (reservation, seat assignment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | attribution (ascription, assignation), affectation (assignation, assumption). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French Canadian | affectation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zuweisung (allocation, allotment, assignation), zuteilung (allocation, allotment, apportionment, dispensation, handout, proration, ration), zuordnung (allocation, classification, correlation, relation), Verwendung (application, disposition, employment, expenditure, intercession, usableness, usage, use, utilization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εκχώρηση (cession, concession). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | משימ" (duty, intention, job, mission, objective, task, undertaking), מטל" (task), ישום (application, implementation), יעי"" (betrothal, designation), יעו" (appointment, calling, designation, destiny, lot, mission, promise, vocation), תשומ" (attention, input), תפקי" (charge, command, duty, function, mission, order, part, place, role, stint, task), א"רכת" (legal permission), "צב" (disposition, placing, posting, setting, stationing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kijelölés (alignment, denotation, designation, setout, setting), juttatás (allocation, allotment, allowance, benefit), megbízás (accreditation, authority, charge, commission, entrusting, errand, mandate, mission, order), kiutalás (allocation, allotment, apportionment, issue), kinevezés (appointment, commission, creation, designation, nomination, placement), felsorolás (capitulation, enumeration, listing), feladat (challenge, commitment, duty, function, job, lesson, mission, objective, project, proposition, role, scheme, target, task), engedményezés (grant), beosztás (calibration, classification, disposition, post, rank, rating, scale, setting), átruházás (assignation, cession, conferment, conveyance, delegation, demise, devolution, grant, livery, transfer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tugas (chore, duty, mission, task), perbantuan, penugasan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | attribuzione (ascription), assegnazione (allocation, allotment, assignation, destination, endowment, entail, entailment, grant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "譲 (transfer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | してい (designation, janitor, messenger, pointing at, private residence, servant, specification, teacher and student, youngpeople), ぶ"ぷ (allocation, distribution), ふよ (allowance, distribution, emperor's illness, endowment, grant, indisposition, unhappiness), いじょう (aberration, abnormality, above, accident, and up, as long as, beyond, change, disorder, enclosure, exceeding, greater than, more than, over, since, something wrong, strangeness, surrounding, the above-mentioned, the end, this is all, transfer, transferring to), わりふり (allotment, quota, rationing), わりつけ (allocation, allotment, distribution, editing, layout), わりあて (allocation, allotment, quota, rationing), わり (10%, percentage, profit, proportion, rate, ratio, unit of ten percent), あ"ばい (adjustment, arrangement, condition, flavour, manner, seasoning, state), アサインメント , じょうと, はいぞく (attachment), とうよう (appointment, daily use, embezzlement, fraudulent use, Orient, plagiarism, promotion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 지 (Specifying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | staartey (billet, situation), livreys (reprieve, rescue), currym (appointment, benefice, business, care, custody, duty, engagement, funeral, guardianship, obligation, portfolio, post, responibility, task, trust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | assignmentay cessão (abandonment, cession, give), atribuição (allotment, ascription, attribution, placement). (various references) atribuire (affiliation, allotment, assigning, assumption, attribution), alocaţie (allocation, allotment, allowance, appropriation, benefit, dole, grant, grant-in-aid, gratuity), alegaţie (allegation), transfer (conveyance, devolution, transfer, transference), sarcinã (burden, capacity, charge, faggot, gestation, load, lot, mission, obligation, onus, pack, part, pregnancy, quantity, target, task, trouble, weight), numire (appointment, naming, nomination), document de transfer, datorie (bond, business, credit, debt, due, duty, indebtedness, obligation, office, part, responsibility), cesiune (assignation, cession, demise, disposal, grant, release, transfer), însãrcinare (charging, commission, errand, message, task), împroprietãrire (allotment, appropriation). (various references) назначение (apointment, apointment as, appointment, assignation, function, nomination, purpose), задание (errand, job, mission, target, task), присвоение (appropriation, assumption, conferment), присваивание (attribution). (various references) zadatak (errand, job, mission, problem, task), vojni raspored, prenos (broadcast, conveyance, devolution, haulage, transfer, transference, transposal). (various references) asignación (allocation, allotment, appropriation, assignation, pocket money, settlement, settling). (various references) uppdrag (assignation, charge, commission, duty, errand, mission, order, sortie), tilldelning (allocation, allotment, allowance, assignation, infliction, issue, quota, ration), överlåtelse (alienation, conveyance, disposition, execution, release, transfer). (various references) assignment. (various references) atama (appointment, assignation, commission, cooptation, co-optation, creation, designation, installation, installment, instalment, institution, investiture, investment, nomination, placement, posting, preferment), tayin (appointment, designation, investment, nomination, preferment), tahsis (allocation, allotment, designation, disposition), kararlaştırma, iş (activity, affair, appointment, ball game, billet, biz, business, calling, cause, commerce, concern, dealing, deed, doing, doings, employment, ergo-, function, gig, handiwork, job, metier, mission, occupation, occupational, operation, piece, piece of work, place, ploy, post, profession, pursuit, racket, regulation, shop, show, spindle, stint, task, things to do, trade, work, working, workings, works), havale senedi, görev (appointment, billet, business, charge, commission, devoir, duty, employment, function, incumbency, job, mission, office, part, piece of work, position, service, situation, stint, task, work, workings), feragat senedi, ev ödevi (homework, prep), devretme (alienation, cession, circulation, delivery, demise, devolution, revolve, transfer), devir (age, alienation, assignation, cession, circle, circulation, circumvolution, currency, cycle, disposal, epoch, era, Eyre, grant, gyration, period, release, Rev, revolution, rotation, rounder, spin, take over, transfer, transference, turnover), belirleme (assignation, definition, determination, specification), ödev (duty, homework, incumbency, obligation, schoolwork, task, theme). (various references) komandirowka (r) (business-trip). (various references) розподіл (administration, allocation, allotment, break down, classification, dealing, dispensation, distribution, division, ordering, ordonnance, partition), відрядження, виділення (allotment, appropriation, distillation, emission, emphasis, excretion, exudation, waste), завдання (errand, job, lesson, objective, problem, task), асигнування (allocation, appropriation, assignation), призначення (administration, allocation, allotment, appointment, assignation, election), посада (appointment, berth, billet, capacity, incumbency, office, place, position, post, seat, work), передача (assignation, cession, devolution, disposal, transfer, transference, transfusion, transmission), документ про передачу. (various references) việc được phân công sự chia phần sự cho l , sự phân công (allotment), sự giao việc, sự chuyển nhượng (disposal, disposition), chứng từ chuyển nhượng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "assignment": assignments. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "assignment": reassignment. (additional references) | |
Words containing "assignment": reassignments. (additional references) | |
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"Assignment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: assigment, assignement, assignen, assingment, assinment. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "assignment" (pronounced usī"nmunt) |
| 8 | u s ī" n m u n t | reassignment. |
| 7 | -s ī" n m u n t | consignment. |
| 6 | -ī" n m u n t | alignment, confinement, realignment, refinement. |
| 5 | -n m u n t | abandonment, adjournment, adornment, apportionment, arraignment, atonement, attainment, containment, discernment, disillusionment, enlightenment, entertainment, environment, imprisonment, infotainment, internment, misgovernment, nongovernment, postponement, reapportionment. |
| 4 | -m u n t | abatement, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjustment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, argument, armament, arrangement, assessment, assortment, astonishment, attachment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, improvement, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, inducement, informant, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, reappointment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-m-n-n-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: assenting, manginess, misagents, sensating. | |
-2 letters: antigens, eastings, gaminess, gentians, giantess, insanest, mangiest, mannites, mantises, matiness, meanings, mintages, misagent, seatings, stanines, steaming. | |
-3 letters: ageisms, ageists, anteing, antigen, antings, easting, eatings, enigmas, ensigns, entasis, etamins, gamiest, gamines, gannets, gentian, inanest, ingates, ingesta, ingests, inmates, inseams, magnets, mannite, massing, masting, matings, meaning, mensing, messing, mintage, miseats. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-m-n-n-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: assignments, signalments. | |
+2 letters: garnishments, reassignment. | |
+3 letters: disseminating, languishments, misalignments, reassignments, segmentations. | |
+4 letters: disengagements, miscegenations, mismanagements. | |
+5 letters: disarrangements, fragmentariness, gentlemanliness, homogenisations, imaginativeness, unmitigatedness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 73 73 69 67 6E 6D 65 6E 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- ... ... .. --. -. -- . -. - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01100111 01101110 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A s s i g n m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0073 0073 0069 0067 006E 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35858575738079718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Spoken 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Abbreviations | 17. Acronyms 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Orthography 22. Bibliography |
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