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• It was a plum assignment - more of a vacation really.
• He took this award-winning photograph while on assignment in the Middle East .
• His two-year assignment to the Mexico office starts in September .
• She first visited Norway on assignment for the winter Olympics ten years ago.
• He fell in love with the area after being there on assignment for National Geographic in the 1950s.
• act as something
• all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) idiom
• be at work idiom
• be in work idiom
• housekeeping
• in the line of duty idiom
• join duty idiom
• undertaking

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a game played on ice between two teams of players who each have a curved stick with which they try to put a puck (= a small, hard disc) into the other team's goal

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Definition of assignment noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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• Why did you leave out the primary definition from AHD? a. Living without undue worry or concern; calm. This is misleading information for users and visitors alike. –  Mari-Lou A Commented Jan 9, 2016 at 11:51
• I think what really confused me is just definition 1.b&c from AHD ,so I don't pay too much attention to definition 1.a...I'm quite sorry and thanks for your advice. –  Z.Cheng Commented Jan 9, 2016 at 12:27

The word easygoing is positive, not negative, in both American and British English. An easygoing person is someone who is liked.

Oxford Dictionaries Online has a good definition:

Relaxed and tolerant in approach or manner.

relaxed, even-tempered, placid, mellow, mild, happy-go-lucky, carefree, free and easy, nonchalant, insouciant, imperturbable, amiable, considerate, undemanding, patient, tolerant, lenient, broad-minded, understanding, good-natured, pleasant, agreeable, laid-back, unflappable, Type-B, low-maintenance

The American Heritage Dictionary definition that you posted which states the word is synonymous with negligent and careless is not quite correct. Negligent and careless are negative, but easygoing is positive. It would be wrong to replace negligent and careless with easygoing in a sentence. For example, the following sentence does not make any sense:

She had been easygoing and had left the door unlocked.

• Thanks for your answer! But I think the definition“1.b : morally lax”from Merriam-Webster Dictionary is also a little negative,does it make sense? –  Z.Cheng Commented Jan 9, 2016 at 12:42
• Yes, "morally lax" is negative. I cannot explain why Merriam-Webster and American Heritage have these peculiar definitions. –  Kyle Commented Jan 9, 2016 at 16:42

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Latin enuntiatus , past participle of enuntiare to report, declare, from e- + nuntiare to report — more at announce

1623, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

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