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appointment

noun
/əˈpɔɪnt.mɛnt/US/əˈpɔɪnt.mɪnt/

Etymology

From Middle English appoyntement, apoyntement, from Old French appointement, equivalent to appoint + -ment.

  1. derived from appointement
  2. inherited from appoyntement

Definitions

  1. The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust

    • His appointment as treasurer was deemed suitable.

  2. The state of being appointed to a service or office

    The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed

    • the appointment of treasurer

  3. Stipulation

    Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. An arrangement between people to meet

      An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement.

      • They made an appointment to meet at six.
      • I’m leaving work early because I have a doctor’s appointment.

    2. Decree

      Decree; direction; established order or constitution.

      • to submit to the divine appointments
      • According to the appointment of the priests.

    3. The exercise of the power of designating (under a power of appointment) a person to enjoy…

      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.

    4. The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential…

      The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.

    5. Equipment, furniture.

      • […] the house had been inhabited for years by his father, and in many of its appointments was old-fashioned and grim […]
      • The appointments of a gentleman's dressing-room are similar in most respects to those of the lady's dressing-room, the differences being in trifling matters.
      • The appointments were primitive, but the Schnitzel, the beer, and the cheese could not have been improved on.

    6. An honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college.

      • to have an appointment

    7. The allowance paid to a public officer.

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Derived

appointment diary, appointment in Samarra, appointment television, appointment TV, deed of appointment, dick appointment, double appointment, foreappointment, interappointment, midnight appointment, nonappointment, power of appointment, preappointment, reappointment, recess appointment, self-appointment

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at appointment. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at appointment. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at appointment

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA