"assignation" meaning in English

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "expansion": "Middle English assignacioun",
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        "3": "assignacion"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French assignacion",
      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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        "3": "assīgnātiō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin assīgnātiō",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English assignacioun, from Old French assignacion, from Latin assīgnātiō.",
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    {
      "form": "assignations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy",
          "text": "What assignations followed we can never know, except that, according to Morrie, Rick did once boast that there was more than cake and lemon barley waiting for him up at The Glades when he delivered the church magazine.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An appointment for a meeting, generally of a romantic or sexual nature."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "appointment",
          "appointment"
        ],
        [
          "romantic",
          "romantic"
        ],
        [
          "sexual",
          "sexual"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tryst"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "assign",
          "assign"
        ],
        [
          "allot",
          "allot"
        ],
        [
          "apportionment",
          "apportionment"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 90 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the act of assigning or allotting",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "asygnacja"
        }
      ]
    },
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A making over by transfer of title; assignment."
      ],
      "id": "en-assignation-en-noun-OvcnRZHt",
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          "transfer",
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        ],
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          "title",
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          "assignment",
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      "ipa": "/æsɪɡˈneɪʃən/"
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "assignation"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
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    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "house of assignation"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      },
      "expansion": "Old French assignacion",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "assīgnātiō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin assīgnātiō",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English assignacioun, from Old French assignacion, from Latin assīgnātiō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "assignations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy",
          "text": "What assignations followed we can never know, except that, according to Morrie, Rick did once boast that there was more than cake and lemon barley waiting for him up at The Glades when he delivered the church magazine.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "An appointment for a meeting, generally of a romantic or sexual nature."
      ],
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        [
          "appointment",
          "appointment"
        ],
        [
          "romantic",
          "romantic"
        ],
        [
          "sexual",
          "sexual"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tryst"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment."
      ],
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        [
          "assign",
          "assign"
        ],
        [
          "allot",
          "allot"
        ],
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          "apportionment",
          "apportionment"
        ]
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "A making over by transfer of title; assignment."
      ],
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        [
          "making over",
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        ],
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          "transfer",
          "transfer"
        ],
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          "title",
          "title"
        ],
        [
          "assignment",
          "assignment"
        ]
      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/æsɪɡˈneɪʃən/"
    },
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the act of assigning or allotting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asygnacja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "assignation"
}