consign
consign is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of fixedness in that state, or permanence of possession; as, to consign the body to the grave. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of fixedness in that state, or permanence of possession; as, to consign the body to the grave.
- transitive verb. To give in charge; to commit; to intrust.
- transitive verb. To send or address (by bill of lading or otherwise) to an agent or correspondent in another place, to be cared for or sold, or for the use of such correspondent; as, to consign a cargo or a ship; to consign goods.
- transitive verb. To assign; to devote; to set apart.
- transitive verb. To stamp or impress; to affect.
- intransitive verb. To submit; to surrender or yield one's self.
- intransitive verb. To yield consent; to agree; to acquiesce.
- verb. give over to another for care or safekeeping
"consign your baggage"
- verb. commit forever; commit irrevocably
- verb. send to an address
Synonyms
Common word forms
consigns, consigned, consigner, consigning, consignable, consignment
Words from these letters
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