appointment

Noun

Meaning

The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.

The state of being appointed to som/ service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer.

Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six.

Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments.

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.

An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural.

A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

date engagement designation rendezvous meeting interview arrangement session naming assignment fitting consultation booking appointee commission
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Antonyms

dismissal division dissociation decision demand thing
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Hypernyms

line business individual person occupation decision

Hyponyms

date rendezvous recognition nomination ordination ordinance

Phrases with the word

social appointment fail to keep an appointment letter of appointment business appointment dentist appointment first appointment

Examples

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. George Bernard Shaw

A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness. Stendhal

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time. Horace Mann

You cannot make an appointment with death. Kikuyu Proverb

That of circumcision is a hard appointment. Kikuyu Proverb

One appointment is eaten by another. Kikuyu Proverb

Close letter words and terms

appointer appointing authority appointive appointment book appointment calendar appointment diary