assignment

devoir, mission

Travail que l’on demande d’accomplir, notamment à l’école ou dans un emploi.

En anglais simple : A piece of work that someone asks you to complete, especially for school or a job.

• I finished my assignment.
• The teacher gave us three writing assignments.
• She is on assignment in Paris this week.

Synonymes : task, project

Expressions courantes : homework assignment, complete an assignment, on assignment

attribution, répartition

Action de confier à quelqu’un un travail, une responsabilité ou plusieurs tâches.

En anglais simple : The act of giving someone a job, duty, or set of tasks.

• The assignment of duties was fair.
• She handles task assignment for the whole team.
• We reviewed the assignment of responsibilities yesterday.

Comment l'utiliser : assignment of something to someone (The assignment of duties to each worker took an hour.)

Synonymes : allocation, delegation

Expressions courantes : assignment of tasks, assignment of duties, task assignment

classification, classement

Action de placer une personne ou une chose dans un groupe ou une catégorie précise.

En anglais simple : The act of placing someone or something in a particular group or category.

• Category assignment depends on the object's features.
• Her assignment to that group was incorrect.
• The assignment of each species to a family requires careful study.

Comment l'utiliser : assignment of something to something (The assignment of this plant to that family is disputed.)

Synonymes : classification, categorization

Expressions courantes : category assignment, assignment to something, class assignment