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appointment
[ uh-point-muhnt ]
noun
- a fixed mutual agreement for a meeting; engagement:
We made an appointment to meet again.
Synonyms: , , ,
- a meeting set for a specific time or place:
I'm late for my appointment.
Synonyms: , , ,
- the act of appointing, designating, or placing in office:
to fill a vacancy by appointment.
- an office, position, or the like, to which a person is appointed:
He received his appointment as ambassador to Italy.
- Usually appointments. equipment, furnishings, or accouterments.
- appointments, accouterments for a soldier or a horse.
- Ѳè. a horse-show class in which the contestant need not be a member of a hunt but must wear regulation hunt livery. Compare Corinthian ( def 9 ).
- Archaic. decree; ordinance.
appointment
/ əˈɔɪԳٳəԳ /
noun
- an arrangement to meet a person or be at a place at a certain time
- the act of placing in a job or position
- the person who receives such a job or position
- the job or position to which such a person is appointed
- usually plural a fixture or fitting
- property law nomination to an interest in property under a deed or will
Other Word Forms
- a·ǾԳmԳ adjective
- a·ǾԳmԳ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of appointment1
Idioms and Phrases
see make an appointment .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Even as traditional appointment TV viewing fades, “60 Minutes” remains the most watched news program, approaching 10 million viewers in some weeks, according to Nielsen data.
Wednesday’s appointment comes several days after a California appeals court issued a stay on a Los Angeles Superior Court judge’s restraining order that had prevented the city from filling the seat.
The Tory party, however, has criticised the appointment of a Labour donor.
“Maybe he was tired of hearing me talk about taxes — I don’t blame him!” said the 35-year-old, who had been reporting from the IRS before showing up for the April 15 appointment.
From now until June 27, 18 DMV offices will open at 7 a.m., an hour earlier, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays to serve only people with appointments to obtain a Real ID.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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