ASSIGNMENTS Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

assignments

noun

plural of assignment

as in tasks

a piece of work that needs to be done regularly his first newspaper assignment was writing obituaries

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as in missions

a specific task with which a person or group is charged the spy team's assignment was to steal the plans for the nuclear reactor

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as in lessons

something assigned to be read or studied have you read the assignment for tomorrow?

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as in appointments

the state or fact of being chosen for a position or duty her assignment to the board of directors was a point of considerable pride for her

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Recent Examples of assignments In September, Anthropic updated Claude to combine chat with Cowork and keep working on assignments after users closed their laptops. — Wen Shao, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 During his funeral last year, he was described as a selfless colleague, dedicated public servant and someone who regularly volunteered for the most dangerous assignments. — ABC News, 23 Oct. 2026 Seattle accomplishes this by masterfully disguising defensive assignments before the snap, which can force Mahomes to diagnose where to go with the football only after dropping back. — Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026 The report claims Syrian military officials visited Saudi Arabia's southern regions of Najran and Asir to inspect sites prepared to receive the fighters, while discussions in Riyadh covered transport logistics, financing and military assignments. — Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 The coach wanted players whose own assignments were not crashing the glass to help box out Charlotte’s rebounders. — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 21 Oct. 2026 Track promotions, raises and key assignments by work pattern, gender and parental status. — Gleb Tsipursky, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026 In its place, Southwest has started charging for many seat assignments and added a bag fee, similar to major competitors. — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 Officers can also continue working approved off-duty assignments at school sporting events and other school activities. — Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Meta describes this option as permanently deleting chat history, stored files and active tasks.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Its Claude Tag tool, introduced in June, can follow Slack discussions and check back on unresolved tasks.

— Wen Shao, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of tasks

Noun

Von Ferdinand had allegedly canceled all of her other appointments.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Between zipping around to market appointments and fashion weeks, shooting new campaigns, and booking it across the world for interviews and events, the fashion set knows its way around a travel accessory.

— Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of appointments

Noun

Backup running back Tyler Goodson is expected to handle kick return duties, while wide receiver Jonathan Mingo is expected to be the punt returner.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
In his absence, the duo of Damon Ferguson and La’Vell Wright have handled Pittsburgh’s duties in the backfield.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of duties

Noun

The Commission’s sovereignty framework considers the extent to which investment, jobs and value creation remain within the EU and European Economic Area.

— Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
But even for those of us who still have jobs, something corrosive is happening.

— Brian Jenney, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of jobs

Noun

Local processing could help rovers analyze terrain, interpret sensor readings, and support decisions without sending every piece of data back to Earth.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
Ned Davis Research thematic strategist Pat Tschosik notes his firm's proprietary market-breadth reading Big Mo Tape tentatively turning higher from oversold readings.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of readings

Noun

In counties where there’s one or the other, the responsibilities are often combined.

— Natalie Jones, Baltimore Sun, 28 Oct. 2026
Boards of Education have significant responsibilities involving policy, educational priorities, budgets, and fiscal oversight.

— R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

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