appointment

English

Etymology

From Middle French apointement (French appointement). See appoint.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈpɔɪnt.mɛnt/
• (Southern US) IPA^(key): /əˈpɔɪnt.mɪnt/, [əˈpʰɔɪ̯nʔmɪnʔ], [əˈpʰɔɪ̯̃ʔmɪnʔ]

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Noun

appointment (plural appointments)

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

   Synonym: designation

   His appointment as treasurer was deemed suitable.

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

   the appointment of treasurer

3. Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
4. 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.

5. (religion) Decree; direction; established order or constitution.

   to submit to the divine appointments

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezra 6:9:

     According to the appointment of the priests.

6. (law) 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.
7. (government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.
8. (in the plural) Equipment, furniture.
   • 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:

     […] the house had been inhabited for years by his father, and in many of its appointments was old-fashioned and grim […]

   • 1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “The Soul of Laploshka”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 70:

     The appointments were primitive, but the Schnitzel, the beer, and the cheese could not have been improved on.

9. (US) An honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college.

   to have an appointment

10. (obsolete) The allowance paid to a public officer.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “act of appointing”): dismissal

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office

• Belarusian: прызначэ́нне n (pryznačénnje)
• Bulgarian: назначе́ние (bg) n (naznačénie)
• Burmese: အချိန်းအချက် (my) (a.hkyin:a.hkyak)
• Catalan: nomenament (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 任命 (zh) (rènmìng), 任用 (zh) (rènyòng)

• Czech: jmenování n
• Dutch: aanstelling (nl) f
• Finnish: nimittäminen (fi), nimitys (fi)
• French: nomination (fr) f
• Galician: nomeamento (gl) m
• German: Ernennung (de) f, Berufung (de) f
• Hebrew: מינוי (minúi)
• Hindi: नियुक्ति (hi) f (apŏiṇṭmeṇṭ)
• Hungarian: kinevezés (hu)
• Japanese: 任命 (ja) (にんめい, ninmei)
• Korean: 임명 (ko) (immyeong)
• Macedonian: назначување n (naznačuvanje)
• Malayalam: നിയമനം (ml) (niyamanaṁ)
• Maori: whakatūranga, kopounga
• Polish: przeznaczenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: nomeação (pt) f, designação (pt) f
• Russian: назначе́ние (ru) n (naznačénije)
• Slovene: imenovanje n
• Spanish: nombramiento (es) m
• Swedish: utnämnande (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagtatalaga
• Turkish: atama (tr), tayin (tr)
• Ukrainian: призна́чення (uk) n (pryznáčennja), призна́чання (uk) n (pryznáčannja), ви́значення n (význačennja), визнача́ння n (vyznačánnja)

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

• Catalan: nomenament (ca) f
• Finnish: nimitys (fi)
• Hindi: नियुक्त (hi) (niyukt)
• Hungarian: állás (hu), beosztás (hu), tisztség (hu), státusz (hu)
• Maori: kopounga
• Portuguese: designação (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: dreuchd f
• Slovene: imenovanje n, vloga f
• Spanish: cita (es) f

stipulation; agreement

• Catalan: compromís (ca) m
• Dutch: afspraak (nl) f
• Finnish: sovittu tapaaminen, sopimus (fi)
• Hungarian: találkozó (hu), előzetes megbeszélés, előzetes megegyezés
• Maori: wāhui
• Portuguese: compromisso (pt) m
• Russian: договорённость (ru) f (dogovorjónnostʹ), догово́р (ru) m (dogovór), до́говор (ru) m (dógovor), соглаше́ние (ru) n (soglašénije)
• Spanish: compromiso (es) m

arrangement for a meeting; an engagement

• Arabic: مَوْعِد m (mawʕid), مِيعَاد m (mīʕād)
• Armenian: ժամադրություն (hy) (žamadrutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: уговорка (bg) f (ugovorka), среща (bg) f (srešta)
• Catalan: cita (ca) f, consulta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 約會／约会 (zh) (yuēhuì)

• Czech: schůzka (cs) f
• Dutch: afspraak (nl) f
• Esperanto: rendevuo
• Finnish: tapaaminen (fi), aika (fi), ajanvaraus (fi)
• French: rendez-vous (fr), (France, slang) rencard (fr) m
• Galician: citación (gl) m, cita (gl) f
• German: Termin (de) m, Verabredung (de) f
• Greek: ραντεβού (el) n (rantevoú)
• Hebrew: פְּגִישָׁה (he) f (pgishá)
• Hindi: अपॉइंटमेंट m (apŏiṇṭmeṇṭ)
• Hungarian: időpont (hu), előjegyzés (hu), bejelentkezés (hu), időpontfoglalás
• Irish: coinne f
• Italian: appuntamento (it) m
• Japanese: 約束 (ja) (やくそく, yakusoku), 待ち合わせ (ja) (まちあわせる, machiawase), アポイント (ja) (apointo), アポ (ja) (apo), 予約 (ja) (よやく, yoyaku)
• Khmer: ការណាត់ជួប (kaa nat cuəp), កំណត់ (km) (kɑmnɑt)
• Korean: 약속 (ko) (yaksok), 예약 (ko) (yeyak)
• Latin: constitutum (la) n
• Maori: whakaritenga
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: wizyta (pl) f
• Portuguese: consulta (pt) f, compromisso (pt) m, entrevista (pt) f, rendez-vous (pt) m
• Russian: (no exact term exists) встре́ча (ru) f (vstréča), за́пись (ru) f (zápisʹ) (e.g. at a doctor), аппо́йнтмент (ru) m (appójntmɛnt) (colloquial)
• Serbo-Croatian: sastanak (sh), sudar (sh)
• Slovene: termin m
• Spanish: cita (es) f, apoinmen m (United States), apuntamento m (United States), appointment m (United States)
• Swedish: möte (sv)
• Thai: นัดหมาย (th) (nát-mǎai)
• Ukrainian: зустріч f (zustrič), за́пис m (zápys), прийо́м m (pryjóm) (e.g. with a doctor)
• Urdu: تاریخ (ur) f (tārīx) اپوائنٹمنٹ m (apoāinṭmanṭ)

decree; direction; established order or constitution

• Finnish: ohje (fi), ilmoitus (fi)

law: exercise of the power of designating a person to enjoy a specific property

assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty

• Finnish: nimittäminen (fi), nimitys (fi)
• Hungarian: kinevezés (hu), kijelölés (hu)
• Kazakh: тағайын (tağaiyn)
• Malayalam: നിയമനം (ml) (niyamanaṁ)

equipment, furniture

• Finnish: varusteet (fi), kalusteet pl
• Hungarian: berendezés (hu), bútorzat (hu)

honorary part or exercise

• Finnish: kunniatehtävä

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• Norman: ^{(please verify)} appointement m (Jersey)

See also

• calendar
• meeting
• schedule

References

• “appointment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.