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appointment

noun
uh-POYNT-muhnt/əˈpɔɪnt.mɛnt/

Pluralappointments

10 meanings of appointment

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    A planned time to meet someone or to do something together.

    Like a meeting saved on a calendar so two people both show up at the same time.

    I have a doctor's appointment at three o'clock.

    She made an appointment to see her teacher after class.

    Similarmeeting, engagement

  2. 2
    nouncountable or uncountable
    The choosing of a person by an official to fill an important job or duty.

    The mayor's appointment of a new fire chief surprised the city.

    Her appointment to the school board was announced last week.

    Similarnomination, designation, selection, naming

    Oppositedismissal, removal

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  3. 3
    nouncountable or uncountable
    The act of giving someone an official job or a position of trust.

    Her appointment as manager took effect on Monday.

    The committee approved his appointment to the council.

    Similardesignation

    Oppositedismissal

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  4. 4
    nouncountable
    Either being chosen for an office, or the office a person has been chosen for.

    His appointment lasted only six months before he resigned.

    She held an important appointment in the foreign service.

    Similarpost, position, office

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  5. 5
    nouncountable or uncountable
    The choosing of who will receive certain property, or the legal paper that names them.

    Under her father's trust, the appointment passed the estate to the youngest child.

    The lawyer drafted the appointment that gave the cottage to her grandson.

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  6. 6
    nouncountable or uncountable
    An agreement people make together, or the act of settling something by agreeing.

    By their appointment, each side would share the cost equally.

    The younger son took over the shop, as the appointment between the two families required.

    Similaragreement, arrangement, understanding, stipulation

  7. 7
    nouncountableplural
    Furniture, fittings, or equipment that furnish a room or place.

    The hotel suite had all the appointments a guest could want.

    Fine appointments filled the captain's cabin.

    Similarfurnishings, fittings, fixtures, accoutrements

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  8. 8
    nouncountable or uncountable
    A rule, order, or direction that is set down to be followed.

    By divine appointment, the feast was kept on the same day each year.

    The people obeyed the appointment handed down by their elders.

    Similardecree, ordinance, custom, law

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  9. 9
    nounUScountable
    An honor given to a student to speak or perform at a college event.

    She earned an appointment to deliver the closing oration at graduation.

    His appointment at the college exhibition was a great honor.

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  1. 10
    nounobsolete
    Money paid to a public officer for holding their post.

    The magistrate's yearly appointment came to barely fifty pounds.

    He drew his appointment from the treasury each quarter.

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Origin

From an Old French word appointement. It comes from 'appoint' plus the ending '-ment'.