Consign | Mean of consign in English Dictionary

/kənˈsaɪn/

• Verb
• to put (someone) in a usually unpleasant place or situation
1. Survivors described how they were consigned to labor camps.
2. The accident left him consigned [=(more commonly) confined] to a wheelchair.
3. When she first started working, she was consigned to a small, windowless office.
4. He was consigned by fate to a life of poverty.
• to put (something that is not wanted or used) in a place where old things are stored or thrown away
1. old clothes that have been consigned to the attic
2. She consigned his letter to the wastebasket. [=she threw away his letter]
3. a political movement that has been consigned to the dustbin of history [=a political movement that has been forgotten]
4. His career has been consigned to a mere footnote in the history books.
• to send (something) to a person or place to be sold
1. She consigned the painting to an auction house.
2. The goods were consigned to him.