Assign and Let

Assign

Assign verb - To give over the legal possession or ownership of.

Usage example: assigned all rights to and royalties from the song to the Boy Scouts

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Let and assign are semantically related. (British) In some cases you can use "Let" instead a verb "Assign".

Let verb - To give permission to.

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Assign and let are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Assign" instead a verb "Let".

Nearby Word: letting

character	assign character	let character
work	assign work	let work
guy	assign guy	let guy
people	assign people	let people
Other words: role, job, name, time, characters, damage.

In the campaigns, the upgrades which let you harvest vespene gas automatically without needing to assign workers.

Source: Boring But Practical / Videogames
Seen as too important to the school's sports team of choice (usually American Football) so teachers let them slide or assign them "tutors" who are in fact there to do their homework for them.

Source: Popular Is Dumb
This was also the first incarnation of the job system that let you assign skills "learned" from other jobs to the character regardless of current job.

Source: Video Game / Final Fantasy V

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