assignment

/əˈsaɪn.mənt/
noun 5

Collocations

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(noun.) task

ADJ

special | important | dangerous, difficult, tough | business, work | modelling, photographic

VERB + ASSIGNMENT

accept, take on

Sarah accepted an assignment to write the company's annual report last month.

carry out

refuse

She refused the assignment because she didn't have enough time to complete it properly.

complete, finish | give sb

PREP

on ~

My brother is on assignment for his newspaper and won't be back until next month.

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(noun.) piece of school/college work

ADJ

practical, reading, written

VERB + ASSIGNMENT

give, hand out, set

The professor handed out a challenging assignment on medieval history last Monday.

do | complete, finish

hand in

My daughter needs to hand in her history assignment by Friday afternoon.

PREP

~ on

The students completed their assignment on climate change by researching articles and writing a report.

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