Consign

Word CONSIGN
Character 7
Hyphenation con sign
Pronunciations /kənˈsaɪn/

Definitions and meanings of "Consign"

What do we mean by consign?

To give over to the care or custody of another. intransitive verb

To put in or assign to an unfavorable place, position, or condition: intransitive verb

To set apart, as for a special use or purpose; assign. intransitive verb

To deliver (merchandise, for example) for custody or sale. intransitive verb

To submit; consent. intransitive verb

1. To impress, as or as if with a stamp or seal.

To give, send, or commit; relegate; make over; deliver into the possession of another or into a different state, implying subsequent fixedness or permanence: sometimes with over: as, at death the body is consigned to the grave.

To deliver or transfer, as a charge or trust; intrust; appoint.

In com., to transmit by carrier, in trust for sale or custody, usually implying agency in the consignee, but also used loosely of the act of transmitting by carrier to another for any purpose: as the goods were consigned to the London agent.

To put into a certain form or commit for permanent preservation.

To set apart; appropriate; apply.

= Svn. Intrust, Confide, etc. See commit.

To submit; surrender one's self; yield.

To agree, assent, or consent.

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. 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. transitive verb

To assign; to devote; to set apart. transitive verb

To stamp or impress; to affect. transitive verb

To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping.

To entrust to the care of another.

To send to a final destination.

To assign; to devote; to set apart.

To stamp or impress; to affect.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Consign

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The word "consign" in example sentences

Black's 8th's definitions of "consign," "consignment," and "consignation" suggest that my previous speculation may be roughly correct .... ❋ Adask (2009)

Bobby Rush might call the bluff and dare Harry Reid et al. to consign the lone black Senator to the back of the bus. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some extracts were available last night, and, as the Guardian reports, we know that the chancellor will say that he is going to stick by his controversial plan to wipe out Britain's £109bn structural deficit in one parliament, saying the alternative of delay would only hit the poor and consign the country to a decade of debt. ❋ Andrew Sparrow (2010)

But it seemed a pity to consign his thoughts to a scholarly journal, to be read by a few hundred fellow academics who already knew more than enough about the author of "The Lord of the Rings." ❋ Washington Post Editors (2011)

The White House said Thursday that agencies are moving immediately to consign some regulations—many of them obscure—to the trash heap. ❋ Stephen Power (2011)

Or perhaps those who would benefit most from Imran Khan's wise suggestions are the timid little satrap/'allies' of NATO who would sooner waste their wealth, consign their sons to foreign graves and provoke generations of revenge attacks than tell a ranting yankee general at the NATO meetings to depart and leave the rest of us and themalone. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Sadly, I must consign this one to the “Wait for Netflix” category, even if the small screen will diminish the imagery. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The film dragged the reality of the East German police state back out of the shadows, where 56 percent of Germans had preferred to consign it, according to a poll. ❋ Jeff Stein (2011)

By extension, the duty of the west is to embrace the popular revolt with unalloyed exuberance and consign Mr Mubarak to the dustbin of history. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Brian Hartzer, the American parachuted in to run Royal Bank of Scotland's high-street network, is pledging to resist the abolition of the cheque even though most of the rest of the banking industry wants to consign it to the scrapheap. ❋ Unknown (2011)

George Osborne will today vow to stick by his controversial plan to wipe out Britain's £109bn structural deficit in one parliament, saying the alternative of delay would only hit the poor and consign the country to a decade of debt. ❋ Patrick Wintour (2010)

Because we cannot consign our nation to an open-ended recession. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Emigration to wealthy countries is an unjust solution, because the gap in life chances between Haiti and, say, the US is just too great to consign some people to staying in Haiti. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And now conspiring with the Olympic people to consign Leyton Orient to the dustbin. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The day may not be far away when I can finally consign all those IR remotes to a drawer somewhere and forget about them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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