appointment

Meaning

  1. The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust
  2. The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed
  3. Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
  4. An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement.
  5. Decree; direction; established order or constitution.
  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. (in-plural) Equipment, furniture.
  9. (US) An honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college.
  10. (obsolete) The allowance paid to a public officer.

Synonyms

date
A2
📅
designation
31k
rendezvous
C1
post
B1
engagement
B2
assignment
B2
position
A2
nomination
C2
meeting
A2
office
A1
🏢
assignation
employment
C1
commission
B2
job
A1
promise
A1
agreement
B2
arrangement
C1
rendez-vous
42k
promotion
B2
allotment
31k
pact
C1
capacity
C1
employ
C1
appoint
C2
naming
C2
charge
A2
station
A2
🚉
tryst
33k
appointee

appointment to office

bond
B2
pledge
C1
destiny
B1
oath
B2
application
B2
interview
B1
authorization
C2
investiture
fitting
C1
function
B2
covenant
C2
commitment
B2
command
B1
clocking
33k
chore
20k
assign
C2
call
A1
appointing
31k
encounters
C2

business meeting

Translations

rendez-vous
📅
appuntamento
Verabredung
nomination
cita
📅
Ernennung
afspraak
nomina
Termin
📅
nombramiento
Treffen
cita
benoeming
rencontre
Anstellung
Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈpɔɪnt.mɛnt/
Etymology

Cognate with French
French
appointement
In summary

From Middle English appoyntement, apoyntement, from Old French appointement, equivalent to appoint + -ment.

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