consign
verbTo assign or hand something over to a particular place, person, or fate.
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Clear all filtersTo assign or hand something over to a particular place, person, or fate.
Too small or unimportant to have much effect in the situation.
Accepting an unwelcome situation without further resistance.
Showing extreme submission, loss of self-respect, or hopelessness.
Extremely submissive
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To assign a share of a resource to a particular purpose.
The assignment or distribution of resources for particular people or purposes.
To regard something as caused by, belonging to, or created by a particular source.
The act of attributing a quality, cause, or responsibility to a particular source.
To regard something as caused by or belonging to someone or something.
The assignment of a work, action, cause, or quality to a particular source.
To grasp the meaning, nature, or significance of something.
To interpret a statement or action in a particular way.
Expecting failure and therefore discouraging effort.
Expecting defeat
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A distinctive period marked by significant developments.
Someone who believes events are determined by fate and cannot be changed.
Happening by chance rather than by design.
To pay careful attention to advice, a warning, or another signal.
A model of time preference in which the value assigned to a delayed outcome falls sharply at short delays and more gradually at longer delays.
Delay-sensitive discount model
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About to happen, often with a sense of significance or threat.
A possible consequence or a meaning suggested without being stated directly.
Suggested meaning
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An attribution, especially an allegation of fault or wrongdoing.
To attribute a quality, action, or fault to someone.
Lacking sense, significance, or substance.
Without sense or substance
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Of little importance or significance.
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