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assignment | x |

As a noun assignment

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

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

assignment

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.
  • x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----