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consign
[ kuhn-sahyn ]
verb (used with object)
- to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed by to ).
Synonyms: ,
- to transfer to another's custody or charge; entrust.
Synonyms:
- to set apart for or devote to (a special purpose or use):
to consign two afternoons a week to the club.
- to banish or set apart in one's mind; relegate:
to consign unpleasant thoughts to oblivion.
- Commerce.
- to ship, as by common carrier, especially for sale or custody.
- to address for such shipment.
- Obsolete. to confirm or ratify, as with a seal or other token.
verb (used without object)
- to agree or assent.
- Obsolete. to yield or submit.
consign
/ əˈɪ /
verb
- to hand over or give into the care or charge of another; entrust
- to commit irrevocably
he consigned the papers to the flames
- to commit for admittance
to consign someone to jail
- to address or deliver (goods) for sale, disposal, etc
it was consigned to his London address
- obsolete.intr to assent; agree
Derived Forms
- ˌDzԲˈپDz, noun
- DzˈԲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- Dz·a· adjective
- Dz··Բ·پDz [kon-sig-, ney, -sh, uh, n], noun
- cDz· verb (used with object)
- cDz· verb (used with object)
- unDz·a· adjective
- ܲcDz·Ա adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of consign1
Example Sentences
Although they returned to winning ways against Cardiff City on Good Friday, they may be consigned to a place in the play-offs in order to secure an immediate Premier League return come Monday night.
Austria are three points better off than Scotland and another loss for Scotland would consign them to relegation from the top tier.
Sunday's 3-1 defeat at Tottenham consigned the rock-bottom Saints to the earliest relegation in Premier League history with eight games still to play.
It reawakened the ghosts of the country's violent, dictatorial past, showing people that martial law was not, as most had assumed, consigned to history.
As you are consigned to a fate far greater than death, I can draw on the love and strength that I still feel from the girls in every moment of every day.
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