DUTY ASSIGNMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)

Example:

hazardous duty

Synonyms:

assignment; duty assignment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("duty assignment" is a kind of...):

duty (work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "duty assignment"):

guard; guard duty; sentry duty; sentry go (the duty of serving as a sentry)

fatigue; fatigue duty (labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on))

charge; commission; mission (a special assignment that is given to a person or group)

reassignment (assignment to a different duty)

sea-duty; service abroad; shipboard duty (naval service aboard a ship at sea)

shore duty (naval service at land bases)