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assign, delegate, designate

give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

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appoint, charge

assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

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mandate

assign authority to

cast

select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet

post

assign to a post; put into a post

cast

assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors

devolve

pass on or delegate to another

task

assign a task to

place

place somebody in a particular situation or location

regiment

assign to a regiment

reassign, transfer

transfer somebody to a different position or location of work

delegate

transfer power to someone

mandate

assign under a mandate

advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade

give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate

assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

place

assign to (a job or a home)

recast

cast again, in a different role

miscast

cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role

typecast

cast repeatedly in the same kind of role

second

transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment

exchange

hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent

tenure

give life-time employment to

bring up

promote from a lower position or rank

spot promote

promote on the spot

ennoble, entitle, gentle

give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

sideline

remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position

reduce

bring to humbler or weaker state or condition

favor, favour, prefer

promote over another

brevet

promote somebody by brevet, in the military

type of:

appoint, charge

assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to