Dictionary Definition
appointment
Noun
1 the act of putting a person into a non-elective
position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole
committee" [syn: assignment, designation, naming]
2 a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how
to avoid kissing at the end of a date" [syn: date, engagement]
3 (usually plural) furnishings and equipment
(especially for a ship or hotel) [syn: fitting]
4 a person who is appointed to a job or position
[syn: appointee]
5 the job to which you are (or hope to be)
appointed; "he applied for an appointment in the treasury"
6 (law) the act of disposing of property by
virtue of the power of appointment; "she allocated part of the
trust to her church by appointment"
User Contributed Dictionary
Pronunciation
IPA: WEAE /ʌˈpɔɪnt.mɛnt/Noun
- The act of appointing; designation of a person to
hold an office or discharge a trust.
- He erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.
- The state of being appointed to a service or office; an
office to which one is
appointed; station;
position.
- the appointment of treasurer
- Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
- An arrangement for a meeting; an engagement.
- They made an appointment to meet at six.
- I'm leaving work early because I have a doctor's appointment.
- They made an appointment to meet at six.
- Decree; direction;
established order or constitutio.
- To submit to the divine appointments.
- According to the appointment of the priests. --Ezra vi. 9.
- To submit to the divine appointments.
- (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.
- 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.
- The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness of their
appointments. --Prescott.
- I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands Void of appointment, that thou liest. --Beau. & Fl.
- The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness of their
appointments. --Prescott.
- A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment. [U.S.]
Synonyms
Translations
act of appointing; designation of a person to
hold an office
state of being appointed
stipulation; agreement
- Finnish: sovittu tapaaminen, sopimus, ajanvaraus
arrangement for a meeting; an engagement
- Czech: schůzka
- French: rendez-vous
Extensive Definition
Appointment may refer to a number of things,
including the following:
- An appointment is a time reserved for something such as a doctor visit, much like a reservation.
- An appointment, in government also refers to the assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court. This may also happen for an office which is normally elected, but has an unexpected vacancy. A person appointed but not yet in office is a designate.
- The power of appointment, in law, is the ability of a testator to select another person to dispose of the testator's property.
- An appointment of clergy, in Christianity, is made by a bishop to a particular ministry setting, particularly in denominations which practice episcopal forms of church government and polity (such as Anglicanism and United Methodist Church.) Typically, a pastor is appointed to a particular church or parish.
- Appointment is used to describe a system of selecting candidates in which the choice is made by an individual or panel rather than by a poll of the populace in general (election), or through random selection (allotment/sortition) as used to select juries.
appointment in Simple English:
Appointment
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accession, allocation, allotment, anointing, anointment, apostolic orders,
appropriation,
arrangement,
arrogation, assignation, assignment, assumption, authorization, berth, bespeaking, billet, blind date, booking, brevet, briefing, bull, calling, canonization, choice, conferment, connection, consecration, coronation, date, declaration, decree, decree-law, decreement, decretal, decretum, delegation, deputation, designation, dictum, diktat, double date, earmarking, edict, edictum, election, employment, empowerment, engagement, engagement book,
fiat, gig, hiring, holy orders, incumbency, induction, installation, institution, interview, investiture, ipse dixit,
job, law, legitimate succession, major
orders, meeting, minor
orders, moonlighting, naming, nomination, office, opening, ordainment, orders, ordinance, ordination, ordonnance, place, political election,
position, post, posting, preengagement, preferment, presentation, proclamation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, reading
in, rendezvous,
rescript, reservation, retainment, rule, ruling, second job, seizure, selection, senatus consult,
senatus consultum, service, setting aside, situation, slot, spot, station, succession, tabbing, tagging, taking on, taking over,
tenure, transferral, tryst, ukase, usurpation, vacancy