The meaning of CONSIGN is to give over to another's care. How to use consign in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Consign.

Phrasal verb consign someone/something to something (Definition of consigned from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Definition of consign verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. consign somebody/something to something to put somebody/something somewhere in order to get rid of them/it. I consigned her …

Survivors described how they were consigned to labor camps. The accident left him consigned [= (more commonly) confined] to a wheelchair. When she first started working, she was consigned to a small, …

to hand over or deliver, esp. for sale: to consign goods to a warehouse. to transfer to another's custody or charge; entrust: He was consigned to the care of a foster home. to set (something) apart and …

To consign something or someone to a place where they will be forgotten about, or to an unpleasant situation or place, means to put them there. For decades, many of this author's works were …

The verb consign means to transfer permanently to another. You can consign ownership of your old car to your son, an act that will probably make you the "best parent ever" in his eyes.

To put in or assign to an unfavorable place, position, or condition: "Their desponding imaginations had long since consigned him to a watery grave" (William Hickling Prescott).

Unchecked by the government, their pursuit of profit created great wealth but consigned millions to misery and injustice.

CONSIGN definition: to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed byto ). See examples of consign used in a sentence.