assignation

1. 1.

   a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)

   Synonymstryst

   Broaderrendezvous
2. 2.

   the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

   “the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state”

   Synonymsallotmentapportionmentapportioningallocationparcelingparcelling

   Broaderdistribution

   Narrowergrantreallotmentdealrationingparcel

Other forms of assignation

plural

assignations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about assignation

What does assignation mean?

assignation means "a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in assignation?

assignation has 5 syllables: as-sig-na-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for assignation?

Close synonyms include tryst, allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is assignation a common word?

assignation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.