Meaning of appointment | Babel Free

Definitions

1. date (romantic outing)
2. The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust
3. The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed
4. quote, quotation
5. Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
6. Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement
7. third-person singular present indicative
8. An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement.
9. An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement
10. second-person singular imperative
11. Decree; direction; established order or constitution.
12. Decree; direction; established order or constitution
13. 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.
14. The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.
15. Equipment, furniture.
    in-plural
16. An honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college.
    US
17. The allowance paid to a public officer.
    obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“His appointment as treasurer was deemed suitable.”

“the appointment of treasurer”

“They made an appointment to meet at six.”

“I’m leaving work early because I have a doctor’s appointment.”

“to submit to the divine appointments”

“According to the appointment of the priests.”

“[…] the house had been inhabited for years by his father, and in many of its appointments was old-fashioned and grim […]”

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

“to have an appointment”

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