assign responsibility

/əˈsaɪn rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪləti/

verb phrase

  1. to give a person or group the duty of dealing with something or being accountable for it

    B2

    transitive; assign responsibility to someone for something

    • "The manager assigned responsibility for the project to Maria."B1
    • "He was assigned responsibility for organizing the event."B2
    • "The investigation will determine who should be assigned responsibility for the failure."B2
    • "Effective leaders assign responsibility clearly while retaining overall accountability."C1

Common mistakes

  • assign responsibility on someone→assign responsibility to someone

    Use to for the person who receives the responsibility and for to introduce the task or area.

Collocations

assign responsibility to someoneassign responsibility for a taskassign responsibility for a projectclearly assign responsibilitytake responsibility for something

Word family

assignassignmentresponsibleresponsibility