consign
consign
Definition
con·sign (kən sīn′)
transitive verb
- to hand over; give up or deliver consigned to jail
- to put in the care of another; entrust consign the orphan to her uncle's care
- to assign to an undesirable position or place; relegate consigned to oblivion
- to send or deliver, as goods to be sold
Etymology: L consignare, to seal, register < com-, together + signare, to sign, mark < signum, sign
intransitive verb
Obsolete to agree or submit
con·sign′·able adjective
con′·sig·na′·tion (kän′sig nā′s̸hən) noun
consign
Synonyms
consign
v.
consign
Usage Examples
Used with why or when
- when: Hazardous waste must be consigned when it leaves the producers premises.
Object
- million: It leaves them, he says, trapped in an unjust global trading system that is consigning millions of people to misery.
- sum: I granted an interlocutor ordaining the pursuer to consign that sum of money by 11 January 2006.
- waste: The Environment Agency charges for the consignment notes to be used to consign special waste.
- anything: HA: Silly question time: If you could consign anything to Room 101, what would it be and why?
- work: Assuming, then, that the artist owns the works consigned to the gallery, on what terms was that particular deal made?
- good: The firm had consigned dangerous goods without having identified the hazards or dangers of them.
Preposition: for
- disposal: Waste consisting of animal carcass ash must be consigned for disposal to an appropriately authorized landfill.
- transport: ICAO technical instructions There are analogous provisions in respect of goods packaged and consigned for air transport.
Modifying Another Word
- already: I doubt it, and this film is already consigned to be a B list feature.
- now: However one courses sadly now consigned to history is The BSM Chauffeur Course.
- long: Technology has now arrived at a point that many had long consigned to futuristic fantasy.
- then: The proceeds of sale are then consigned in court.
- n't: No, I would n't consign piste skiing to Room 101 - just don't ask me to partake.
- not: Now that we have it, I want to see it enjoyed by people, not consigned for fish meal.
Preposition: in
- court: The proceeds of sale are then consigned in court.
Browse dictionary entries near consign
- consigliere
- considering
- considered
- consideration, want of
- consideration, failure of
- consideration
- considerate
- considerable
- consider
- conserve
- consignee
- consignment
- consignor
- consist
- consist of
- consistency
- consistent
- consistory
- consociate
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