assignable.

1. Capable of being allocated or assigned to a person, role or purpose.

2. Capable of being transferred to another holder through assignment.

3. Capable of being identified or attributed to a particular cause or source.

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Words that belong together

• assignable task
• assignable responsibility

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The assignable task was separated from decisions requiring the committee’s own judgment.

The responsibility was assignable under the procedure, though oversight remained with the original office.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Normally non-gradable for a specified formal status; compare degree only where the context genuinely concerns a gradable capacity or characteristic. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: status distinction, institutional analysis, scope qualification, rights analysis. Disciplines: formal writing, institutional procedures, legal-administrative language. Commonness: uncommon.