Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 43501 6904542 2009-06-29T11:31:31Z Atitarev 27724 t+de:[[Verabredung]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== Compare with French ''[[appointement]]''. ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|WEAE}} {{IPA|/ʌˈpɔɪnt.mɛnt/}} * {{audio|en-us-appointment.ogg|Audio (US)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # The act of [[appointing]]; [[designation]] of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust. #: ''He erred by the '''appointment''' of unsuitable men.'' # The state of being appointed to a service or office; an [[office]] to which one is appointed; [[station]]; [[position]]. #: ''the '''appointment''' of treasurer'' # [[stipulation|Stipulation]]; [[agreement]]; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. # An arrangement for a meeting; an [[engagement]]. #: ''They made an '''appointment''' to meet at six.'' #: ''I'm leaving work early because I have a doctor's '''appointment'''.'' # [[decree|Decree]]; direction; established order or constitutio. #: ''To submit to the divine '''appointments'''.'' #: According to the '''appointment''' of the priests. --Ezra vi. 9. # (Law) The exercise of the power of designating (under a ''power of appointment'') a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made. # Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; [[outfit]]; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords. #: The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness of their '''appointments'''. --[[w:William H. Prescott|William H. Prescott]]. #: I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands Void of '''appointment''', that thou liest. --[[w:Francis Beaumont|Francis Beaumont]] & [[w:John Fletcher (playwright)|John Fletcher]] # {{US}} A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment. ====Synonyms==== * [[command]] * [[designation]] * [[direction]] * [[equipment]] * [[establishment]] * [[order]] ====See also==== * [[calendar]] * [[meeting]] * [[schedule]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office}} * Chinese: {{zh-zh-p|任命|rènmìng}}, {{zh-zh-p|任用|rènyòng}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|jmenování|n}} * Dutch: [[aanstelling]] {{f}}, een afspraak maken * Finnish: [[virkaan nimittäminen]] {{trans-mid}} * German: {{t-|de|Ernennung|f}}, {{t+|de|Berufung|f}} * Hebrew: [[מינוי]] (minui) * Japanese: [[任命]] (ninmei) * Russian: {{t+|ru|назначение|n|tr=naznačénije|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|state of being appointed}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|stipulation; agreement}} * Finnish: [[sovittu tapaaminen]], [[sopimus]], [[ajanvaraus]] {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|arrangement for a meeting; an engagement}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|موعد|m|tr=máw`id|sc=Arab}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{zh-tsp|約會|约会|yuēhuì}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|schůzka|f}} * French: {{t+|fr|rendez-vous}} {{trans-mid}} * German: {{t|de|Termin|m}}, {{t|de|Verabredung|f}} * Japanese: {{t+|ja|約束|tr=yakusoku|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|待ち合わせ|tr=machiawase|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|アポイント|tr=apointo|sc=Jpan}} * Russian: ''not used with doctor's, lawyer's, etc. appointments'' {{t+|ru|договорённость|f|tr=dogovorjónnost’|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} <!-- material copied from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) --> [[de:appointment]] [[et:appointment]] [[fr:appointment]] [[gl:appointment]] [[ko:appointment]] [[hy:appointment]] [[io:appointment]] [[id:appointment]] [[it:appointment]] [[ku:appointment]] [[lo:appointment]] [[hu:appointment]] [[ja:appointment]] [[oc:appointment]] [[pt:appointment]] [[simple:appointment]] [[fi:appointment]] [[ta:appointment]] [[te:appointment]] [[th:appointment]] [[tr:appointment]] [[vi:appointment]] [[zh:appointment]]