assignment

assignment
noun
1) (allotting) Zuteilung, die; (of property) Übereignung, die
2) (task) Aufgabe, die; (Amer. Sch. and Univ.) Arbeit, die
3) (of reason, cause) Aufgabe, die
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noun (a duty assigned to someone: You must complete this assignment by tomorrow.) der Auftrag
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as·sign·ment
[əˈsaɪnmənt]
n
1. (task) Aufgabe f; (job) Auftrag m
diplomatic \assignment diplomatische Mission
foreign \assignment Auslandsauftrag m
homework \assignment Hausaufgabe f
to send sb on an \assignment jdm einen Auftrag erteilen
to be on \assignment somewhere irgendwo im Einsatz sein [o einem Auftrag nachgehen
2. (mission) Mission f
3. no pl (attribution) Übertragung f; of a right also Abtretung f
\assignment of blame Schuldzuweisung f; LAW, ECON
\assignment of a patent/copyright Patentübertragung f/Übertragung f eines Urheberrechts
4. pl LAW
his heirs and \assignments seine Erben und Rechtsnachfolger
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[ə'saɪnmənt]
n
1) (= task) Aufgabe f; (= mission) Auftrag m, Mission f

to be on (an) assignment — einen Auftrag haben

2) (= appointment) Berufung f; (to case, task etc) Betrauung f (to mit), Beauftragung f (to mit)

his assignment to the post of ambassador/to this school — seine Berufung zum Botschafter/an diese Schule

3) (= allocation) Zuweisung f, Zuteilung f; (of room) Bestimmung f (to für); (of meaning) Zuordnung f (to zu)
4) (JUR) Übertragung f, Übereignung f
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assignment [əˈsaınmənt] s
1. Zu-, Anweisung f, Zuteilung f (alle:
to an akk):
assignment of lanes SPORT Bahnverteilung f
2. Festsetzung f, Bestimmung f
3. Aufgabe f, Arbeit f (beide auch SCHULE), Auftrag m
4. Zuschreibung f
5. Angabe f, Anführen n
6. JUR Abtretung f, Übertragung f, Zession f (alle:
to an akk)
7. JUR Abtretungsurkunde f
asgmt abk assignment
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noun
1) (allotting) Zuteilung, die; (of property) Übereignung, die
2) (task) Aufgabe, die; (Amer. Sch. and Univ.) Arbeit, die
3) (of reason, cause) Aufgabe, die
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(US) n.
Posten - m.
Stellung -en f. n.
Anweisung f.
Arbeit -en f.
Aufgabe -n f.
Auftrag -¨e m.
Bestimmung f.
Verwendung f.
Zuordnung f.
Zuteilung f.
Zuweisung f.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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