assignation
pronunciation
How to pronounce assignation in British English:
UK [ˌæsɪgˈneɪʃn]
How to pronounce assignation in American English:
US [ˌæsɪɡˈneʃən]
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- Noun:
- a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)
- the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan
Word Origin
- assignation (n.)
- early 14c., "appointment by authority," from Old French assignacion (14c., Modern French assignation), from Latin assignationem (nominative assignatio) "an assigning, allotment," noun of action from past participle stem of assignare (see assign). Meaning "action of legally transfering" (a right or property) is from 1570s; that of "a meeting by arrangement, tryst" is from 1650s.
Example
- 1. Evremonde has an assignation elsewhere .
- 2. Discussion on ecological benefits compensation funds assignation of non-commercial forest .
- 3. Outside a muffler shop : " no assignation necessary , we hear you coming . "
- 4. He 's had an assignation with elspeth at the british museum .
- 5. How much money did you make per ...... assignation ?