MEANING
1. To send or entrust something to another person, place, or organization for handling or safekeeping.
2. To place or leave someone or something in a condition, place, or fate, often irretrievably.
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Words that belong together
- consign goods
- consign to a carrier
On the page
The collection was consigned to a secure carrier.
She consigned the sealed trunk to the steward’s care.
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Word forms
- Base
- consign
- Past tense
- consigned
- Past participle
- consigned
- Present participle
- consigning
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- consign
- Present continuous
- am/is/are consigning
- Present perfect
- have/has consigned
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been consigning
- Past
- consigned
- Past continuous
- was/were consigning
- Past perfect
- had consigned
- Past perfect continuous
- had been consigning
- Future
- will consign
- Future continuous
- will be consigning
- Future perfect
- will have consigned
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been consigning
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: consign; consigns; consigned; consigned; consigning Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: consigns.
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