Appointment Definition

ə-pointmənt
appointments
noun
appointments
The act of appointing or designating someone for an office or position.
American Heritage
An appointing or being appointed; specif., a naming or selecting for an office, position, etc.
Webster's New World
The office or position to which one has been appointed.
American Heritage
A person so selected.
Webster's New World
An arrangement to do something or meet someone at a particular time and place.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Appointment

Noun

Singular:
appointment
Plural:
appointments

Origin of Appointment

  • From Middle French apointement (French appointement). See appoint.

    From Wiktionary

Appointment Sentence Examples

  • I can make it to my appointment without you.

  • I'll tell my receptionist to make you an appointment for next week.

  • After a few questions, she hung up with an appointment scheduled for the following Saturday.

  • Probably the recognition and appointment of elders was simply the transfer from the synagogue to the Church of a usage which was regarded as essential among Jews; and the Gentile churches naturally followed the example of the Jewish Christians.

  • I have an appointment.

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Words Starting With

AAPAPP

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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Words Starting With A and Ending With T

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With A11 Letter Words Ending With T