assignation
- noun
- /ˌæsɪˈneɪʃən/
- Archaic
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asignación
- The assignation of resources will be completed by the end of the week to support the new initiative.
Examples
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This is about assignation of blame, who is at fault.
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If I pursue the transgressor, enter the endless corridors beyond where even the infinitely wiser Emperor, on an assignation, must resort to maps, I leave unchecked the hirsute fellows below.
Fiction book (1996) -
Where he's going on that country cruise is to an assignation with one of those very students, a weekend on the coast.
Academic text (2012) -
-Assignation?
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Thomas Buechner, a former director of the Brooklyn Museum, described Boy with Baby Carriage as depicting the "forced separation of the individual from the group and the assignation of the function of one sex to the other... basic human situations which involve all of us vicariously."
Academic text (1996) -
He obligingly travels to Fontainebleau for an arranged assignation with a paid co-respondent, the only way to secure their divorce on the grounds of adultery.
Academic text (2012) -
The assignation of roles in the project ensured that everyone understood their responsibilities.
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Each team's assignation of tasks was carefully planned to maximize efficiency during the project.
Synonyms
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1.0
Dividing something so several people each get part
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3.2
The act of giving things out to many people or places
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4.3
An amount of something given for a particular use
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1.8
The act of giving things or tasks to people
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4.6
The giving out of things according to a plan
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7.8
The sharing of things among people or groups according to a plan
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7.2
The act of giving out things, often based on a plan
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7.5
Dividing and giving things among people or groups by a plan
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5.1
Dividing something into parts and giving those parts to people
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3.5
Dividing something into parts and giving each person a part
Giving something to a person or place for a reason
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Etymology
Assignation is also related to assign and assignment, from the same root meaning 'to give' or 'to mark'. That's why it can mean the act of giving out or putting places, money, or duties to people according to a plan.