APPOINTMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does appointment mean? 

• APPOINTMENT (noun)
  The noun APPOINTMENT has 6 senses:

1. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

2. a meeting arranged in advance

3. (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)

4. a person who is appointed to a job or position

5. the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed

6. (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment

  Familiarity information: APPOINTMENT used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APPOINTMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of putting a person into a non-elective position

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

appointment; assignment; designation; naming

Context example:

the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee

Hypernyms ("appointment" is a kind of...):

conclusion; decision; determination (the act of making up your mind about something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "appointment"):

nomination (the act of officially naming a candidate)

co-optation; co-option (the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent))

delegacy (the appointment of a delegate)

ordinance; ordination (the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders)

recognition (designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A meeting arranged in advance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

appointment; date; engagement

Context example:

she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date

Hypernyms ("appointment" is a kind of...):

get together; meeting (a small informal social gathering)

Meronyms (members of "appointment"):

date; escort (a participant in a date)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "appointment"):

blind date (a date with a stranger)

double date (a date in which two couples participate)

rendezvous; tryst (a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

appointment; fitting

Hypernyms ("appointment" is a kind of...):

furnishing ((usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A person who is appointed to a job or position

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

appointee; appointment

Hypernyms ("appointment" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

he applied for an appointment in the treasury

Hypernyms ("appointment" is a kind of...):

business; job; line; line of work; occupation (the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money)

Sense 6

Meaning:

(law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

she allocated part of the trust to her church by appointment

Hypernyms ("appointment" is a kind of...):

disposal; disposition (the act or means of getting rid of something)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

 Context examples 

She had come to the point where she could not bear the pain of her damaged hip any longer and made the appointment with her surgeon.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

"I saw in the paper a few days ago," she announced abruptly, "that there had been several local appointments to the Railway Mail. You passed first, didn't you?"

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It reads almost as though it were an appointment.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The idea, however, that he might have an appointment at so strange an hour never occurred to me until a faint sound reached my ears from the veranda outside.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Fowler and Miss Rucastle were married, by special license, in Southampton the day after their flight, and he is now the holder of a government appointment in the island of Mauritius.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Bingley was punctual to his appointment; and he and Mr. Bennet spent the morning together, as had been agreed on.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Matter presses. Must withdraw offer unless contract completed. Make appointment by letter. Will confirm by advertisement.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Look here, my man, I have a very important appointment for seven o’clock to-morrow.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Ask questions if you have doubts or concerns. Take a relative or friend to your doctor appointment to help you ask questions and understand answers.

(Patient Safety, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM) In the past 30 days, how often have you had to make an emergency phone call or show up at the clinic without an appointment?

(COMM - Emergency Phone Call or Clinic Visit, NCI Thesaurus)