appointment
Substantivhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigte Staaten//əˈpɔɪnt.mɛnt//
- //əˈpɔɪnt.mɪnt//
- /[əˈpʰɔɪ̯nʔmɪnʔ]/
- /[əˈpʰɔɪ̯̃ʔmɪnʔ]/
The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust.
Substantiv
- 1
The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust.
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
A stipulation; an 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.
Love's right outside our door / It made an appointment with our hearts / We tell ourselves there's time / But we never seem to get around to it
- 5
A decree; a direction; an established order or constitution.
to submit to the divine appointments
According to the appointment of the priests.
- 6
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
The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.
- 8
Equipment, furniture.
[…] the house had been inhabited for years by his father, and in many of its appointments was old-fashioned and grim […]
The appointments of a gentleman's dressing-room are similar in most respects to those of the lady's dressing-room, the differences being in trifling matters.
The appointments were primitive, but the Schnitzel, the beer, and the cheese could not have been improved on.
- 9
An honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college.
to have an appointment
- 10
veraltetThe allowance paid to a public officer.
Herkunft
From Middle English appoyntement, apoyntement, from Old French appointement, equivalent to appoint + -ment.
Formen
- Plural
- appointments
appointment · The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust.
appreciate · To be grateful or thankful for.appreciated · Recognized as having value.appreciation · The act of appreciating.