appointment
The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust.
Example
“His appointment as treasurer was deemed suitable.”
Other meanings
The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed.
A stipulation; an agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
Synonyms
- designation
- naming
Related words
- dick appointment
- appointment television
- foreappointment
- interappointment
- nonappointment
- preappointment
- reappointment
- appointment TV
- double appointment
- midnight appointment
- appointment diary
- appointment in Samarra
Example sentences
Word history
From Old French "appointement".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “appointment” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.