Appointment - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |əˈpɔɪntmənt|  American pronunciation of the word appointment
Brit.  |əˈpɔɪntm(ə)nt|  British pronunciation of the word appointment

noun

- the act of putting a person into a non-elective position (syn: assignment, designation, naming)
the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee
- a meeting arranged in advance (syn: date, engagement)
- (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) (syn: fitting)
- a person who is appointed to a job or position (syn: appointee)
- the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed
he applied for an appointment in the treasury
- (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment
she allocated part of the trust to her church by appointment

Extra examples

I'm late for an appointment.

I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow morning at nine o'clock.

The court ordered the appointment of an attorney to represent the child.

Did he get his job by appointment or election?

He now holds an appointment from the President.

I shall break an appointment.

She has an appointment with a client at 10.30.

You should phone his secretary if you want to make an appointment.

I have an appointment to see the doctor.

Please give us plenty of notice if you have to cancel an appointment.

For the third time in a row, she had failed to keep her appointment .

I was already forty-five minutes late for a dental appointment.

All consultations are by appointment only.

Other changes included the appointment of a new Foreign Minister.

They congratulated him on his appointment as chairman.

Word forms

noun
singular: appointment
plural: appointments
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