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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ap•point•ment /əˈpɔɪntmənt/USA pronunciation n. - an agreement for a meeting arranged in advance: [countable]We made an appointment to meet again.[uncountable]You can visit the museum by appointment.
- Government the act of appointing or choosing, as to an office or position:[uncountable]the appointment of the chairman.
- Government an office to which a person is appointed:[countable]an appointment as ambassador.
- Usually, appointments. [plural] equipment, furnishings, or furniture:[countable]the handsome appointments of the castle.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ap•point•ment (ə point′mənt),USA pronunciation n. - a fixed mutual agreement for a meeting;
engagement:We made an appointment to meet again. - a meeting set for a specific time or place:I'm late for my appointment.
- Governmentthe act of appointing, designating, or placing in office:to fill a vacancy by appointment.
- Governmentan 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.
- Sport[Manège.]a horse-show class in which the contestant need not be a member of a hunt but must wear regulation hunt livery. Cf. Corinthian (def. 9).
- [Archaic.]decree;
ordinance.
- Middle French ap(p)ointement. See appoint, -ment
- late Middle English apoynt(e)ment 1375–1425
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged assignation, rendezvous, tryst, date.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged 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.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: appointment /əˈpɔɪntmənt/ n - 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
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