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Meaning of 'appointment' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Appointment [ n.]
- The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.
- The state of being appointed to som/ service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer.
- Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six.
- Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments.
- 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.
- An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural.
- A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.

Meaning of 'appointment' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . appointment [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed
Example in sentence:
  • he applied for an appointment in the treasury
Meaning (2):
- (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment
Example in sentence:
  • she allocated part of the trust to her church by appointment
Meaning (3):
- a meeting arranged in advance
Example in sentence:
  • she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date
Meaning (4):
- the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
Example in sentence:
  • the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee

Nearby Words:

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