ALL meanings of appointment
ap·point·ment
A a - variable noun appointment The appointment of a person to a particular job is the choice of that person to do it. 3
- countable noun appointment An appointment is a job or position of responsibility. 3
- countable noun appointment If you have an appointment with someone, you have arranged to see them at a particular time, usually in connection with their work or for a serious purpose. 3
- noun appointment an arrangement to meet a person or be at a place at a certain time 3
- noun appointment the act of placing in a job or position 3
- noun appointment the person who receives such a job or position 3
- noun appointment the job or position to which such a person is appointed 3
- noun appointment a fixture or fitting 3
- noun appointment nomination to an interest in property under a deed or will 3
- noun appointment an appointing or being appointed; specif., a naming or selecting for an office, position, etc. 3
- noun appointment a person so selected 3
- noun appointment a position held in this way 3
- noun appointment an arrangement to meet someone or be somewhere at a set time; engagement 3
- noun appointment furniture; equipment 3
- noun appointment the designation of beneficiaries and the assignment of property to them by an appointor 3
- noun appointment a fixed mutual agreement for a meeting; engagement: We made an appointment to meet again. 1
- noun appointment a meeting set for a specific time or place: I'm late for my appointment. 1
- noun appointment the act of appointing, designating, or placing in office: to fill a vacancy by appointment. 1
- noun appointment an office, position, or the like, to which a person is appointed: He received his appointment as ambassador to Italy. 1
- noun appointment Usually, appointments. equipment, furnishings, or accouterments. 1
- noun appointment appointments, accouterments for a soldier or a horse. 1
- noun appointment Manège. a horse-show class in which the contestant need not be a member of a hunt but must wear regulation hunt livery. Compare Corinthian (def 9). 1
- noun appointment Archaic. decree; ordinance. 1
- noun appointment An arrangement to meet someone at a particular time and place. 1
- noun appointment meeting time 1
- noun appointment designation to role 1
- noun appointment office, position 1
- noun plural appointment fixture, fittings 1
- noun appointment The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust. 0
- noun appointment The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position. 0
- noun appointment Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. 0
- noun appointment An arrangement for a meeting; an engagement. 0
- noun appointment Decree; direction; established order or constitution. 0
- noun appointment (law) 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. 0
- noun appointment (government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court. 0
- noun appointment (now in the plural) Equipment, furniture. 0
- noun appointment (US) A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment. 0