Consign Meaning in English

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التعريف

To send or give something to another person or place, usually for selling, safekeeping, or delivery. Often used for shipping goods or placing items in someone's care.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

'Consign' is formal and common in business, shipping, and legal contexts. Typical collocations: 'consign goods to', 'consign to storage', 'consigned shipment'. Often confused with 'assign' (give a role or task) or 'deliver' (bring). In casual conversation, 'send' or 'ship' is more common.

• Spanish: consignar - enviar - entregar
• Portuguese (BR): consignar - enviar - entregar
• Portuguese (PT): consignar - enviar - entregar
• Chinese (Simplified): 托运 - 委托 - 交付
• Chinese (Traditional): 託運 - 委託 - 交付
• Hindi: सौंपना - भेजना (माल)
• Arabic: يسلّم - يودع - يرسل
• Bengali: হস্তান্তর করা - প্রেরণ করা (ব্যবসায়িক অর্থে)
• Russian: передавать - отправлять (в деловом контексте)
• Japanese: 委託する - 預ける
• Vietnamese: ký gửi - chuyển giao
• Korean: 위탁하다 - 맡기다 (사업/운송 관련)
• Turkish: emanet etmek - teslim etmek (ticari ya da gönderim için)
• Urdu: حوالہ کرنا - سپرد کرنا (تجارتی معنی میں)
• Indonesian: mengirimkan - menitipkan (dalam konteks bisnis atau pengiriman)

جمل نموذجية

We will consign your packages to the shipping company today.

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Can I consign these clothes for sale at your shop?

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All international orders are consigned to our trusted freight partner.

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Sometimes, people consign valuable paintings to galleries on the chance they’ll sell.

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After sorting through his things, he consigned most of his books to the town library.

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They consigned the old furniture to storage.

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