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assignation

[ as-ig-ney-shuhn ]

noun

  1. an appointment for a meeting, especially a lover's secret rendezvous.
  2. the act of assigning; assignment.


assignation

/ ˌæsɪɡˈneɪʃən /

noun

  1. a secret or forbidden arrangement to meet, esp one between lovers
  2. the act of assigning; assignment
  3. law another word for assignment
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • reas·sig·nation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of assignation1

1400–50; late Middle English assignacioun < Latin assignātiōn- (stem of assignātiō ). See assign, -ation
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Word History and Origins

Origin of assignation1

C14: from Old French, from Latin assignātiō a marking out; see assign
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Example Sentences

One can see an assignation end hopelessly, another can see it freighted with possibility.

Pros: Getting to picture yourself gliding efficiently through town, perhaps en route to a snowy assignation.

Leave them alone for half an hour, and they will consummate the assignation in a hall closet or a public park.

The picture turned his private assignation into a spectacle for all the world—and his wife—to see.

No girl would make an assignation at that hour just to tell a man that she intended to meet him again the next day.

I had an assignation with her here, but your coming spoiled my sport.

I warrant you have made an assignation to instruct some lady in the mathematics.

Indeed, it was chiefly upon that account that the assignation had been fixed so late.

She was convinced that the writing was Harry's, but whom could the assignation be intended for?

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