appointment
Americannoun
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a fixed mutual agreement for a meeting; engagement.
We made an appointment to meet again.
- Synonyms:
- date, tryst, rendezvous, assignation
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a meeting set for a specific time or place.
I'm late for my appointment.
- Synonyms:
- date, tryst, rendezvous, assignation
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the act of appointing, designating, or placing in office.
to fill a vacancy by appointment.
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an office, position, or the like, to which a person is appointed.
He received his appointment as ambassador to Italy.
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Usually appointments. equipment, furnishings, or accouterments.
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appointments, accouterments for a soldier or a horse.
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Manège. a horse-show class in which the contestant need not be a member of a hunt but must wear regulation hunt livery.
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Archaic. decree; ordinance.
noun
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an arrangement to meet a person or be at a place at a certain time
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the act of placing in a job or position
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the person who receives such a job or position
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the job or position to which such a person is appointed
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(usually plural) a fixture or fitting
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property law nomination to an interest in property under a deed or will
Related Words
Appointment, office, post, station all refer to kinds of duty or employment. Appointment refers to a position to which one is assigned, as by a high government official. Office often suggests a position of trust or authority. Post is usually restricted to a military or other public position, as of a diplomat, although it may also refer to a teaching position. Both post and station may refer to the place where a person is assigned to work.
Other Word Forms
- proappointment adjective
- reappointment noun
Etymology
Origin of appointment
1375–1425; late Middle English apoynt ( e ) ment < Middle French ap ( p ) ointement. See appoint, -ment
Example Sentences
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United's powerbrokers, though, may be wary of moving too fast by making a permanent appointment.
From BBC
Vanessa Ravazzotti, 51, says getting an NHS appointment took too long, and that by the time she was seen, her symptoms were "so much worse".
From BBC
The majority can be pinned on the ludicrously ill-judged appointment of Nancy, but under Brendan Rodgers they lost to Dundee and Hearts and under O'Neill lost to Hibs and drew with Hearts.
From BBC
Despite repeated calls by students for Harvard to revoke Summers’ tenure, he held onto his teaching and academic appointments at Harvard until he chose to retire.
From Salon
Some board members apparently had misgivings about Stern's appointment, given the lack of clarity about his background, according to a recent Daily Telegraph story, but the appointment was pushed through anyway.
From BBC
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