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con·sign
consign
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- pronunciation:
- kn
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
consigns, consigning, consigned |
definition 1: |
to deliver, transfer, or turn over to another.
He consigned his property to his sister and set off on his adventures. |
definition 2: |
to place in the care or custody of another; entrust.
They consigned the teenager to a foster home.- similar words:
- check, commend, commit, entrust, trust
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definition 3: |
to send or present (merchandise) to an agent to be sold or stored.
She decided to consign some of her necklaces and hoped the shop would get a good price for them. |
definition 4: |
to assign to a lesser place; banish, as from the mind; relegate.
She swallowed her feelings of rejection and consigned the young man to oblivion in her memory.The child was consigned to a small room in the attic. |
related words: |
assign, bestow, dispatch, forward, give, grant, impart, job, lay, locate, mandate, negotiate, pawn, refer, transfer |
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derivations: |
consignable (adj.), consignation (n.) |
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