APPOINTMENT Definition & Meaning

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appointment

[ uh-point-muhnt ]

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noun

a fixed mutual agreement for a meeting; engagement:
We made an appointment to meet again.
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a meeting set for a specific time or place:
I'm late for my appointment.
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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.
�Ѳ��è��. 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

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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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of appointment¹

1375–1425; late Middle English apoynt ( e ) ment < Middle French ap ( p ) ointement. See appoint, -ment

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Idioms and Phrases

see make an appointment .

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Synonym Study

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.

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An appointment was set up later that day.

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And if confirmed, Mr Isaacman's appointment will also raise broader questions about the future of humanity in space, given his vision for space travel for the masses.

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His appointments to the National Labor Relations Board, the principal administrative agency handling labor-management conflict, interpreted the 90-year old National Labor Relations Act so as to enhance the rights of workers to organize.

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It was not used for the appointment of Edwards.

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Their lawyers had said ending the program could immediately harm children with scheduled asylum appointments and court hearings.

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