An appointment is a preset arrangement to meet, like a dentist’s appointment, an appointment with your accountant, or an appointment to have your palm red.
An appointment is a formal date or plan to meet at the appointed time. Whether you have a doctor’s appointment, a hair appointment, or a 1 o’clock lunch appointment, you need to be there — or you’ll have a broken appointment. It’s easier to remember your appointments if you write them down! With roots in the Old French apointier, meaning to “arrange, settle, or place," appointment can also mean the placing, or appointing of, someone into an unelected position.
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a meeting arranged in advance
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the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
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(usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)
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(law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment
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