No. 15,707 in Russian
присвоить
"To appropriate" or "to assign."
In a sentence
Школьник решил присвоить себе чей-то забытый портфель.
The schoolboy decided to appropriate someone else's forgotten backpack.
In this sentence, 'присвоить' is used to mean 'to appropriate' or 'to take for oneself', often without the owner's consent.
Государство решило присвоить вновь созданную организацию категории благотворительной.
The government decided to assign the newly established organization to the charitable category.
Here, 'присвоить' means 'to assign' or 'to designate', reflecting the formal attribution of a status or category.
Ее работе присвоили статус важного научного достижения.
Her work was awarded the status of important scientific achievement.
In this context, 'присвоить' implies 'to confer' or 'to grant', often used in formal recognitions or awards.
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