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assignation
noun
1 assignation
A secret rendezvous (especially between lovers).
synonym: tryst.
Roget 892:
sociality,
sociability,
sociableness
etc.
adj.;
social intercourse;
consociation†;
intercourse,
intercommunity†;
consortship†,
companionship,
comradeship;
clubbism†;
esprit de corps.
conviviality;
good fellowship,
good company;
joviality,
jollity,
savoir vivre [Fr.],
festivity,
festive board,
merrymaking;
loving cup†;
hospitality,
heartiness;
cheer.
welcome,
welcomeness;
greeting;
hearty welcome,
hearty reception,
warm reception;
urbanity
etc.
(courtesy)
894;
familiarity.
good fellow,
jolly fellow;
bon enfant [Fr.],
bawcock†.
social circle,
family circle;
circle of acquaintance,
coterie,
society,
company.
social gathering,
social reunion;
assembly
etc.
(assemblage)
72;
barbecue [U.S.],
bee;
corn-husking [U.S.],
corn-shucking [U.S.];
house raising,
barn raising;
husking,
husking-bee [U.S.];
infare†.
party,
entertainment,
reception,
levee,
at,
home,
conversazione [It],
soiree,
matin_ee;
evening party,
morning party,
afternoon party,
bridge party,
garden party,
surprise party;
kettle,
kettle drum;
partie carr_ee [Fr.],
dish of tea,
ridotto†,
rout†;
housewarming;
ball,
festival
&c.;
smoker,
smoker-party;
sociable [U.S.],
stag party,
hen party,
tamasha†;
tea-party,
tea-fight [Slang].
(amusement)
840;
the feast of reason and the flow of soul"
[Pope].
birthday party
[parties for specific occasions],
Christmas party,
New Year's Eve party,
Thanksgiving Day Dinner;
bonenkai [Jap.];
wedding reception.
visiting;
round of visits;
call,
morning call;
interview
etc.
(conversation)
588;
assignation;
tryst,
trysting place;
appointment.
club
etc.
(association)
712.
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Dutch: afspraak, afspraakje, rendez-vous
2 assignation
The act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan.
synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, parceling, parcelling.
Dutch: verdeling, perceel, lot, rendez-vous, toebedeling, allocatie, toekenning, toewijzing
Polish: asygnacja
Moby thesaurus: abalienation, accounting for, agreement, alienation, amortization, amortizement, answerability, application, appointment, arrangement, arrogation, ascription, assemblee, assembly, assignation house, assignment, at home, attachment, attribution, ball, bargain and sale, barter, bequeathal, blame, brawl, caucus, cession, charge, colloquium, commission, committee, conclave, concourse, conferment, conferral, congregation, congress, connection with, consignation, consignment, conventicle, convention, conveyance, conveyancing, convocation, council, credit, dance, date, deeding, deliverance, delivery, demise, derivation from, diet, disposal, disposition, eisteddfod, enfeoffment, etiology, exchange, festivity, fete, forgathering, forum, gathering, get-together, giving, honor, housewarming, imputation, lease and release, levee, love nest, meet, meeting, meeting place, palaetiology, panel, party, place of assignation, placement, plenum, prom, quorum, rally, reception, reference to, rendezvous, responsibility, saddling, sale, seance, session, settlement, settling, shindig, sit-in, sitting, soiree, surrender, symposium, synod, trading, transfer, transference, transmission, transmittal, tryst, turnout, understanding, vesting ... show more.
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