assignation

Noun

Meaning

An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

allocation allotment apportionment tryst apportioning parceling parcelling date convention rendezvous concourse agreement meeting meet transfer
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Antonyms

completion counter encounter resist dominate withstand
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Hypernyms

rendezvous distribution

Hyponyms

share deal portion grant parcel reapportionment

Phrases with the word

assignation house place of assignation

Examples

Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system has been lost? Quentin Crisp

the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state Source: Internet

She played him along and agreed to an assignation at her house, which he was to sneak into at night by climbing into a large basket let down from a window. Source: Internet

The doctor moves forward to greet Don Pasquale, who tells him of Norina's intended assignation, and his own plan to expose her unfaithfulness before a magistrate. Source: Internet

The Pretender dreams of an assignation with Marina in the garden of her father's castle. Source: Internet

The uncertainty that in some cases results has made it advisable to abandon the assignation of successive numbers in the list of the Popes.” Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

assignability assignable assignat assignation house assigned assigned carefully