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US
/əˈpɔɪntmənt/
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[ UK /ɐpˈɔɪntmənt/ ]
[ UK /ɐpˈɔɪntmənt/ ]
NOUN
- a person who is appointed to a job or position
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(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 -
a meeting arranged in advance
she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date -
the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed
he applied for an appointment in the treasury -
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee - (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)
How To Use appointment In A Sentence
- He would make an appointment with him to straighten out a couple of things.
- After an exchange of letters, I have finally got my appointment for next week - whoopee, I am still alive to attend it, thank God.
- He chauffeured her to her 9 a.m. appointment at Avalon Spa.
- We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. Jim Rohn
- At every turn I met with disappointment.
- Whether these positive initiatives will be enough to overcome disappointment on the limited over-all budget reduction will depend on the extent to which the investor is willing to look beyond near-term sluggishness in North American growth. Budget '85 Special Meeting of The Empire Club of Canada
- I was too much at risk from the smoulder of his irritability, sudden blazes of rage, to see his deep disappointment with life.
- He came 20th, causing him great disappointment as his objective was no less than outright victory.
- CJ is certainly more watchable than any of the prequels, but it's a terrible disappointment. The goofiest scene in all the Star Wars movies
- Man, these people are just too stupid to be trusted with appointments - and too timorous to deserve to a university position from which to dribble out the contents of their weak little minds.