(v. t.) To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.
(v. t.) To fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel for a prisoner; to assign a day for trial.
(v. t.) To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors.
(v.) A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
(n.) A person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns.
Example Sentences:
(1) Structure assignment of the isomeric immonium ions 5 and 6, generated via FAB from N-isobutyl glycine and N-methyl valine, can be achieved by their collision induced dissociation characteristics.
(2) A statement from the company said it had assigned all its assets for the benefit of creditors, in accordance with Massachusetts' law.
(3) Five days later, the animals were randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups: Group 1 received intracranial implantation of controlled-release polymers containing dexamethasone; Group 2 received intraperitoneal implantation of controlled-release polymers containing dexamethasone; Group 3 received serial intraperitoneal injections of dexamethasone; and Group 4 received sham treatment.
(4) Students are assigned to tutorial groups, and much of the educational thrust of the program is built upon interactions within these groups.
(5) The second triplet, which was stable in the dark at 4.2 K following illumination, was assigned to the radical pair Donor+I-.
(6) After the first stage of analysis the spin systems of 60 of the 77 residues were assigned to the appropriate residue type, providing an ample basis for subsequent sequence-specific assignments.
(7) In an effort to identify the optimal dose and strain of measles vaccination for early immunization, Peruvian infants were randomly assigned to receive one of three measles vaccines in varying doses at 5 to 6 or 8 to 9 months of age.
(8) Independent t test results indicated nurses assigned more importance to psychosocial support and skills training than did patients; patients assigned more importance to sensation--discomfort than did nurses.
(9) Families were randomly assigned to one of two forms of conjoint therapy: an Insight-oriented treatment (N = 10) or a Problem-Solving intervention (N = 10).
(10) Patients were randomly assigned to receive 10 minutes before surgery either I.V.
(11) Some additional amino proton resonances have also been assigned.
(12) These chemical shift assignments have been achieved using 1H-detected two-dimensional heteronuclear 1H-13C correlation techniques.
(13) 7 male and 39 female undergraduates were alternately assigned to rooms painted red or Baker-Miller Pink.
(14) These data agree with the recent assignment of DIA1 to chromosome G22 by Fisher et al.
(15) The sequential resonance assignment of the 1H NMR spectrum of the antihypertensive and antiviral protein BDS-I from the sea anemone Anemonia sulcata is presented.
(16) Following a baseline examination, the furcation-involved molars were randomly assigned in each patient to either a test or a control treatment procedure.
(17) The letter to Florence Nightingale was written by Bernita Decker as part of a nursing course assignment for our Nurse Educator advisor, Betty Pugh.
(18) This initial observation of release of eosinophil chemotactic factor of anaphylaxis in vivo along with histamine assigns the mast cell a central role in cold urticaria.
(19) This assignment was supported by peptide mapping with a tryptophan-specific reagent.
(20) Both amino acids were found to have the L-configuration by GC analysis on a chiral column and alanine was assigned to be the N-terminal amino acid by Edman degradation.
Undervalue
Definition:
(v. t.) To value, rate, or estimate below the real worth; to depreciate.
(v. t.) To esteem lightly; to treat as of little worth; to hold in mean estimation; to despise.
(n.) A low rate or price; a price less than the real worth; undervaluation.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, while he considers the stock undervalued, the hedge fund boss said the software firm had missed a string of opportunities under Ballmer's "Charlie Brown management", referring to the hapless star of the Peanuts cartoon strip.
(2) In the past, economists had widely viewed the yuan as artificially undervalued , but China during the past year has spent hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign currency reserves to keep the yuan from falling further – prompting the US Treasury to ease its warnings on Beijing’s currency practices.
(3) Is teaching undervalued in universities compared to research?
(4) 2.59pm BST Vince Cable also suggests people may have been carried away by the talk that the Royal Mail is being undervalued.
(5) Hayes said that the jump in Royal Mail's share price this morning showed that the company had been undervalued by a billion pounds, adding: It's outrageous what's happening today.
(6) Donnelly, a former chief of staff to the Liberal minister Kevin Andrews, recently attacked the curriculum for “uncritically promoting diversity” and undervaluing western civilisation and “the significance of Judeo-Christian values to our institutions and way of life”.
(7) It is well known that 'professionals' tend, often for institutional reasons, to play down or undervalue factors which are not defined by their particular expertise.
(8) Lew has charged China with intentionally undervaluing its currency, the yuan, in order to boost exports, leading the state newswire Xinhua to accuse him of making "fact-twisting and politically misleading remarks".
(9) However, several investors argued the deal undervalued the bank, which a year ago was worth more than £5bn.
(10) Studies of benefits and costs of vaccines generally undervalue the net benefits gained by prevention of pain and suffering associated with disease morbidity and mortality.
(11) But the clinical assessment with inclusion of AP was inferior to AP alone as a predictor of metastases, due to undervaluation of the importance of elevated AP in cases of colorectal disease.
(12) We'll soon see which firms meet his standards.... • MPs are very concerned that Royal Mail's property assets are undervalued, and may hold Cable accountable.
(13) Visualization of the various arteries was achieved in a high percentage of cases except for the inferior pancreaticoduodenal arches, due to undervaluation of this vessel by celiac angiography.
(14) However, some coal payments will remain and critics say the policy still undervalues energy saving measures.
(15) If universities are the prestigious eldest, and schools the cosseted youngest, then further education (FE) is the unloved middle child of our education system – undervalued and often neglected.
(16) As a subordinate, second chamber the House of Lords is an effective, vital but undervalued part of our political system.
(17) They don't believe the physician payment reform will bring gains for their undervalued evaluation and management services.
(18) It also claims the terms of the contract are non-negotiable, and undervalue the music of these labels in comparison to Spotify, Rdio, Deezer and other subscription streaming services.
(19) Gadolinium-pentetic acid MRI provides useful information about activity of the disease that cannot be obtained clinically even if the dynamic of the lesions may be undervalued in old plaques.
(20) I suspect he thinks it is undervalued – I suspect he has bought his stake in it for that reason."