APPOINTMENT


Meaning of APPOINTMENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ əpɔɪntmənt ]

( appointments)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

The appointment of a person to a particular job is the choice of that person to do it.

...his appointment as foreign minister in 1985.

N-VAR : usu with poss , oft N to/as n

2.

An appointment is a job or position of responsibility.

Mr Fay is to take up an appointment as a researcher with the Royal Society.

= post

N-COUNT

3.

If you have an appointment with someone, you have arranged to see them at a particular time, usually in connection with their work or for a serious purpose.

She has an appointment with her accountant...

...a dental appointment.

N-COUNT : oft N with n , N to-inf

4.

If something can be done by appointment , people can arrange in advance to do it at a particular time.

Viewing is by appointment only.

PHRASE

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