consign

[US]/kənˈsaɪn/
[UK]/kənˈsaɪn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. entrust for sale to someone else; hand over to; abandon or discard (person or thing)
Word Forms
Past Participleconsigned
Present Participleconsigning
Third Person Singularconsigns
Past Tenseconsigned

Phrases & Collocations

consign to oblivion

consign to defeat

consign to history

consign to posterity

Example Sentences

consign a task to sb.

consign sth. to mothballs

to consign money in a bank

consign a letter to the post

be consigned to misery

to consign goods by rail

he consigned three paintings to Sotheby's.

it should be consigned to the scrap heap of technological history.

The goods have been consigned to you by air.

The goods were consigned to you by railway.

Orphaned children were consigned to institutions.

she consigned the letter to the waste-paper basket.

The father consigned the child to his sister's care.

The captured rebels were consigned to the dungeons.

She consigned his letter to the waste basket.

The politicians who lost the elections will be consigned to the dustbin of history.

"So I will pollute the princes of the sanctuary, And I will consign Jacob to the ban and Israel to revilement.

The patient was committed to the hospital. Toconsign is to transfer to another's custody or charge:

They can’t just consign me to the scrap heap because I’m over fifty!

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