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UK
/kənsˈaɪn/
]
[ US /kənˈsaɪn/ ]
[ US /kənˈsaɪn/ ]
VERB
- send to an address
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give over to another for care or safekeeping
consign your baggage - commit forever; commit irrevocably
How To Use consign In A Sentence
- At the various delivery points, the consignee often treated them to food and drink in return for other messages carried for him on the side.
- A consignment of hatted and parasoled ladies was coming fast adown the avenue. Seven Men
- We are required to have a police escort for the three mile trip from our terminal to the consignee.
- It's the sort of consignment Jan takes with her whenever she visits Romania, along with contraceptive coils and coffee.
- The government's claim that the process would take 10 years should be consigned to history. Times, Sunday Times
- The consignment is a reactor imported by BPCL-Kochi Refinery for its vacuum gas oil hydro de-sulphurisation unit. WN.com - Articles related to Minister unveils plans for maritime tourism project
- But to want to see the back of chick-lit because you've read too many blurbs that feature a single girl with too many shoes and a Martini habit is a bit like consigning pop music to the knackers' yard just because you don't like The X Factor. Should we mourn the end of chick-lit?
- While some of the group are consigned to cramped, noisy, airless basement cells, we languish in our very own mini-suite, with polished panelling and heavy traditional furniture, all in rich dark woods.
- The shipment has my wife's name as the consignee which we were told she can assign to the broker once we have one using a letter. Customs Broker in Vera Cruz
- This is an extremely positive action on the part of the sales company and our consignors in an effort to accommodate buyers.