different between presentation vs assignation

English

Alternative forms

• præsentation (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French presentation (French présentation), from Latin praesent?ti?nem, accusative singular of praesent?ti? (“representation, exhibition”).Morphologically present +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (US, UK, Canada) IPA^(key): /?p??z?n?te???n/, /?p?iz?n?te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

presentation (countable and uncountable, plural presentations)

1. The act of presenting, or something presented
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     Prayers are sometimes a presentation of mere desires.

2. A dramatic performance
3. An award given to someone on a special occasion
4. Money given as a wedding gift.
5. A lecture or speech given in front of an audience
6. (medicine) The symptoms and other possible indications of disease, trauma, etc., that are exhibited by a patient who has sought, or has otherwise come to, the attention of a physician, e.g., "Thirty-four-year-old male presented in the emergency room with slight fever, dilated pupils, and marked disorientation."
7. (medicine) The position of the foetus in the uterus at birth
8. (fencing) Offering one's blade for engagement by the opponent
9. (mathematics) The specification of a group by generators and relators.
10. The act or right of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice.

    • If the bishop admits the patron's presentation, the clerk so admitted is next to be instituted by him.

11. (immunology) The preparation of antigen fragments during the immune response

Derived terms

Related terms

• presentational
• presentationally

Translations

Anagrams

• penetrations

Old French

Noun

presentation f (oblique plural presentations, nominative singular presentation, nominative plural presentations)

1. presentation (act of presenting something or someone)
2. presentation (demonstration)

Descendants

• ? English: presentation
• French: présentation

Swedish

Etymology

From French présentation, from présenter + -ation, equivalent to presentera +? -ation. Cognate with English presentation, German Präsentation, Norwegian Bokmål presentasjon, Norwegian Nynorsk presentasjon and Danish præsentation.

Noun

presentation c

1. a presentation

Declension

Related terms

• presentatör
• presentera

Anagrams

• prestationen

English

Etymology

From Middle English assignacioun, from Old French assignacion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æs???ne???n/

Noun

assignation (countable and uncountable, plural assignations)

1. An appointment for a meeting, generally of a romantic or sexual nature.
2. The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.
   • 1600, Philemon Holland, The Romane Historie

     This order being taken in the senate, as touching the appointment and assignation of those provinces.

3. A making over by transfer of title; assignment.

Usage notes

Modern usage confines the word to mean an agreed-upon place for illicit sex, but earlier usage is broader, and considerably more innocent.

Anagrams

• saginations

French

Etymology

From Latin ass?gn?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

assignation f (plural assignations)

1. (law) summons, subpoena

Related terms

• assigner

Further reading

• “assignation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).