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Dictionary: ap·point·ment   (ə-point'mənt) pronunciation
 
n.
    1. The act of appointing or designating someone for an office or position.
    2. The office or position to which one has been appointed.
  1. An arrangement to do something or meet someone at a particular time and place. See synonyms at engagement.
  2. appointments Furnishings, fittings, or equipment.
  3. Law. The act of directing the disposition of property by virtue of a power granted for this purpose.

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Insurance Dictionary: Appointment
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Act by a company that authorizes an Agent to act on its behalf.

 
Thesaurus: appointment
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noun

  1. The act of appointing to an office or position: designation, nomination. See choice.
  2. A post of employment: berth, billet, job, office, place, position, situation, slot, spot. Slang gig. See place.
  3. A commitment to appear at a certain time and place: assignation, date, engagement, rendezvous, tryst. See agree/disagree.
  4. A piece of equipment for comfort or convenience. furnishing, movable. Chiefly British fitting (used in plural). See machine.

 
Antonyms: appointment
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n

Definition: job
Antonyms: dismissal

n

Definition: meeting
Antonyms: accidental meeting, cancellation


 
Dental Dictionary: appointment
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n

A mutually agreed-on time reserved for the patient to receive treatment.

 
Word Tutor: appointment
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A specific time for arrival.

pronunciation Ms. Peterson made an appointment to see her dentist.

 
Wikipedia: Appointment
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Appointment may refer to a number of things, including the following:

  • An appointment is a time reserved for something such as a doctor visit, much like a reservation.
  • An appointment, in government refers to the assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court. This may also happen for an office which is normally elected, but has an unexpected vacancy. A person appointed but not yet in office is a designee.
  • The power of appointment, in law, is the ability of a testator to select another person to dispose of the testator's property.
  • An appointment of clergy, in Christianity, is made by a bishop to a particular ministry setting, particularly in denominations which practice episcopal forms of church government and polity (such as Anglicanism and United Methodist Church.) Typically, a pastor is appointed to a particular church or parish.
  • Appointment is used to describe a system of selecting candidates in which the choice is made by an individual or panel rather than by a poll of the populace in general (election), or through random selection (allotment/sortition) as used to select juries.

 
Translations: Appointment
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - udnævnelse, ansættelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
afspraak, aanstelling, aangestelde, (mv) meubels/uitrusting

Français (French)
n. - nomination, rendez-vous, entrevue, désignation (à un poste), affectation, poste, offre (d'emploi), (bureau) de placement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ernennung, Berufung, Einstellung, Stelle, Posten, Festlegung, Termin

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τακτή συνάντηση, (επαγγελματικό κτλ.) ραντεβού, διορισμός, ανάδειξη σε αξίωμα, θέση εργασίας, πόστο, (νομ.) διανομή περιουσίας

Italiano (Italian)
appuntamento, nomina

Português (Portuguese)
n. - nomeação (f), designação (f), encontro (m) marcado, ordenação (f)

Русский (Russian)
встреча, прием, назначение, должность

Español (Spanish)
n. - cita, nombramiento

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - möte, anställning

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
约会, 委派, 任命, 约定, 职位, 官职

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 約會, 委派, 任命, 約定, 職位, 官職

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 임명, 약속 , 설비

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 約束, 任命, 官職, 設備, 指定

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تنعيين, توظيف, توزيع, تخصيص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פגישה, ראיון, מינוי, משרה, קביעה, ריהוט, ציוד, משרה פנויה או שאוישה לאחרונה‬


 
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