Noun

(en noun)

The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.

This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee.

The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.

We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers.

An assigned task.

The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging.

A position to which someone is assigned.

Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion.

(education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.

Mrs Smith gave out our assignments , and said we had to finish them by Monday.

(legal) A transfer of something from one person to another, especially property, or a claim or right.

The assignment of the lease has not been finalised yet.

(legal) A document that effects this transfer.

Once you receive the assignment in the post, be sure to sign it and send it back as soon as possible.

(computing) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.

Noun

(label) The sense or ability of sight.

Something seen; an object perceived visually.

* 1610 , , I. ii. 270:

For to a vision so apparent rumour / Cannot be mute

*{{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)

, chapter=7, title= The Lonely Pyramid , passage=It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost Oasis was the Found!}}

(label) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.

(label) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.

(John Locke)

(label) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.

(label) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.

(label) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.