appointment

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Etymology

Compare with French appointement.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ʌˈpɔɪnt.mɛnt/
• (US) IPA: /əˈpɔɪnt.mɪnt/, [əˈpʰɔɪ̯nʔmɪnʔ], [əˈpʰɔɪ̯̃ʔmɪnʔ]

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Noun

appointment (plural appointments)

1. The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust.

   He erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.

2. The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position.

   the appointment of treasurer

3. Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
4. 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.

5. Decree; direction; established order or constitution.

   To submit to the divine appointments.

   According to the appointment of the priests. --Ezra vi. 9.

6. (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.
7. (Government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.
8. (now in the plural) Equipment, furniture.
   • 1910, Saki, ‘The Soul of Laploshka’, Reginald in Russia:

     The appointments were primitive, but the Schnitzel, the beer, and the cheese could not have been improved on.

9. (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

act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office

Bulgarian: назначение (bg) Chinese: trad. and simpl. 任命 (pinyin: rènmìng), trad. and simpl. 任用 (pinyin: rènyòng) Czech: jmenování (cs) n. Dutch: aanstelling (nl) f. Finnish: virkaan nimittäminen

German: Ernennung (de) f., Berufung (de) f. Hebrew: מינוי (minui) Japanese: 任命 (ninmei) Russian: назначение (ru) (naznačénije) n. Spanish: nombramiento (es) m. Turkish: atama (tr), tayin (tr) (tāyin)

state of being appointed

Scottish Gaelic: dreuchd (gd) f.

stipulation; agreement

Dutch: afspraak (nl) f.

Finnish: sovittu tapaaminen, sopimus, ajanvaraus

arrangement for a meeting; an engagement

Arabic: موعد (ar) (máwʕid) m., ميعاد (ar) (mīʕād) m. Bulgarian: уговорка (bg), среща (bg) Catalan: cita (ca) f., consulta (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 約會 (zh), 约会 (zh) (yuēhuì) Czech: schůzka (cs) f. Dutch: afspraak (nl) f. Finnish: tapaaminen (fi), aika (fi)

French: rendez-vous (fr), (France, slang) rencard (fr) m. German: Termin (de) m., Verabredung (de) f. Irish: coinne (ga) f. Italian: appuntamento (it) m. Japanese: 約束 (ja) (yakusoku), 待ち合わせ (ja) (machiawase), アポイント (ja) (apointo) Russian: (no exact term exists) встреча (ru) (vstréča) f., запись (ru) (zápis') f. (e.g. at a doctor), (slang) аппойнтмент (ru) (appójntment) m. Spanish: cita (es) f.