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appointment   (TTS Sound)

The noun appointment has 6 senses

• appointment, assignment, designation, naming -- (the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee")


• date, appointment, engagement -- (a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date")


• appointment, fitting -- ((usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel))


• appointee, appointment -- (a person who is appointed to a job or position)


• appointment -- (the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed; "he applied for an appointment in the treasury")


• appointment -- ((law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment; "she allocated part of the trust to her church by appointment")