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Word: Assignation
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (in the senses ‘command, appointment to office, or allotment of revenue’): via Old French from Latin assignatio(n-), from the verb assignare (see assign)
ˌasɪɡˈneɪʃn
an appointment to meet someone in secret, typically one made by lovers
Short Definition:appointment to meet someone in secret
Examples:- his assignation with an older woman
the allocation or attribution of someone or something as belonging to something
Short Definition:allocation or attribution of person or thing as belonging to something
Examples:- this document explains the principles governing the assignation of lexical units to lexemes
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