appointment

Meaning of appointment

noun
  1. The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust
    His appointment was deemed suitable
  2. The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed
    the appointment of treasurer
  3. Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
  4. An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement.
    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.
  6. 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. 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.
  9. A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college.
    to have an appointment
  10. The allowance paid to a public officer.

Information about appointment

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of appointment is: appointments.
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Hyphenation of appointment

ap-point-ment

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
  • appointment is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

appointment synonyms

Meaning assignment:

assignment, designation, naming

Meaning date:

date, engagement

Meaning fitting:

fitting

Meaning appointee:

appointee

Meaning :

command, direction, equipment, establishment, order

appointment antonyms

Meaning :

dismissal

Translation of appointment

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