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assignation

/æsɪɡˈneɪʃən/

assignation noun: an appointment for a meeting, generally of a romantic or sexual nature.

Noun

assignation (countable and uncountable, plural assignations)

  1. An appointment for a meeting, generally of a romantic or sexual nature.
    • While nymphs take treats, or assignations give.1714, Alexander Pope, “The Rape of the Lock”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, →OCLC, canto III
    • As soon as Mr. Barville saw me, he got up, with a visible air of pleasure and surprize, and saluting me, asked Mrs. Cole if it was possible that so fine and delicate a creature would voluntarily submit to such sufferings and rigours as were the subject of his assignation.1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    tryst
  2. The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.
    • This order being taken in the senate, as touching the appointment and assignation of those provinces.1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “(please specify the book number)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC
  3. A making over by transfer of title; assignment.

assignation meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

assignation in Tamil

குறியிடம், உடைமையின் உரிமைமாற்றி வழங்குதல்

assignation in Malayalam

date, rendezvous, appointment
രഹസ്യസമാഗമത്തിനുള്ള ഏർപ്പാട്, സമാഗമം, പ്രേമസല്ലാപത്തിനു സങ്കേതം കുറിക്കൽ, സങ്കേതത്തിൽ സന്ധിക്കൽ, നിശ്ചയിച്ച ദിക്കിൽ ഒന്നിച്ചുകൂടൽ, സന്ധിക്കൽ

Synonyms of assignation

Forms of assignation

pluralassignations

Origin of assignation

From Middle English assignacioun, from Old French assignacion, from Latin assīgnātiō.

Words formed from assignation

Phrases with assignation

Questions about assignation

What does assignation mean?
Assignation means an appointment for a meeting, generally of a romantic or sexual nature.
What is assignation in Tamil?
Assignation in Tamil is குறியிடம், உடைமையின் உரிமைமாற்றி வழங்குதல். See Assignation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is assignation?
Assignation is a noun.
How do you pronounce assignation?
Assignation is pronounced /æsɪɡˈneɪʃən/.
What is the plural of assignation?
The plural of assignation is assignations.

Words near assignation in the dictionary

  1. assign
  2. assign'd
  3. assignability
  4. assignable
  5. assignat
  6. assignation
  7. assignations
  8. assignats
  9. assigned
  10. assigned risk
  11. assigned servant

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: assignation (page history and authors); assignation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); assignation (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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