Assign and Turn

Assign

Assign verb - To give a task, duty, or responsibility to.

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Turn and assign are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Turn" instead a verb "Assign".

Turn verb - To move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis.

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Assign and turn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Assign" instead a verb "Turn".

Nearby Words: turned, turning

character	assign character	turn character
people	assign people	turn people
control	assign control	turn control
time	assign time	turn time
Other words: characters, school, color, weapons.

Because they turn to stone during the day, Gargoyles think of themselves as part of nature, and they don't think to go by personalized names unless humans assign them names.

Source: Xenofiction
This in turn means she'll silently take the blame for whatever people assign to her.

Source: Series / The Fosters
After Birdman kicked his ass and sent him back to prison the episode ended with the warden deciding to assign the guy to prison laundry duty instead of the metalshop, thinking the guy wouldn't be able to turn this to his advantage.

Source: Cardboard Prison

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