consign
verb/kənˈsaɪn/
/kənˈsaɪn/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they consign | /kənˈsaɪn/ /kənˈsaɪn/ |
| he / she / it consigns | /kənˈsaɪnz/ /kənˈsaɪnz/ |
| past simple consigned | /kənˈsaɪnd/ /kənˈsaɪnd/ |
| past participle consigned | /kənˈsaɪnd/ /kənˈsaɪnd/ |
| -ing form consigning | /kənˈsaɪnɪŋ/ /kənˈsaɪnɪŋ/ |
- consign somebody/something to something to put somebody/something somewhere in order to get rid of them/it
- I consigned her letter to the wastebasket.
- His poor form of late has seen him consigned to the substitutes' bench.
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- consign somebody/something to something to put somebody/something in an unpleasant situation
- The decision to close the factory has consigned 6 000 people to the scrapheap.
- It could end up as yet another classic brand consigned to history.
- consign something to somebody to give or send something to somebody
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘mark with the sign of the cross’, especially at baptism or confirmation, as a sign of dedication to God): from French consigner or Latin consignare ‘mark with a seal’.
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