Dictionary Entry
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.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 14 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive 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.
- 2transitive verb
To give in charge; to commit; to intrust.
- 3transitive 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.
- 4transitive verb
To assign; to devote; to set apart.
- 5transitive verb
To stamp or impress; to affect.
- 6intransitive verb
To submit; to surrender or yield one's self.
- 7intransitive verb
To yield consent; to agree; to acquiesce.
- 8verb
give over to another for care or safekeeping
"consign your baggage"
Synonyms
- 9verb
commit forever; commit irrevocably
- 10verb
send to an address
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