Assignment and Reason

Assignment

Assignment noun - A piece of work that needs to be done regularly.

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Reason and assignment are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reason" instead a noun "Assignment".

Reason noun - A statement given to explain a belief or act.

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Assignment and reason are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Assignment" instead a noun "Reason".

good	good assignment	good reason
special	special assignment	special reason
particular	particular assignment	particular reason
original	original assignment	original reason
Other adjectives: single, simple, actual, entire, real, big, important, new, major, possible, primary.

However, he's reluctant to take Hidalgo's wife on the assignment for the same reason.

Source: Film / The Evil That Men Do
She outright admits that the only reason she took the assignment was to help Leon.

Source: Video Game / Resident Evil 4
The bulk of an episode containing several Story Within a Story cases turned out to be Bart telling Principal Skinner the reason he failed to turn in an assignment.

Source: Framing Device aka: Framing Story

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