1. to give over or deliver formally to another’s care or custody
Usage: past tense and past participle of consign
2. to send goods to a dealer to be sold
Usage: commercial context
3. to assign to an undesirable place or condition
Usage: often used with ‘to’

Examples

• The family consigned their grandmother’s furniture to an auction house.
• He consigned the old books to storage in the basement.
• The artist consigned several paintings to the gallery for sale.
• The dictator consigned his enemies to prison.
• She consigned the broken appliance to the trash heap.
• The merchant consigned goods to retailers across the country.
• His poor performance consigned him to the bench for the rest of the season.