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How to pronounce appointment in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms assignment, designation, naming
Type of decision, determination, conclusion
Has types delegacy, co-option, recognition, co-optation, ordinance, ordination, nomination


the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee.
Type Words
Synonyms fitting
Type of furnishing
Type Words
Synonyms appointee
Type of person, individual, someone, soul, somebody, mortal
Type Words
Synonyms date, engagement
Type of get together, meeting
Has types blind date, double date, rendezvous, tryst
Type Words
Type of disposal, disposition


she allocated part of the trust to her church by appointment.
Type Words
Type of business, line, occupation, job, line of work


he applied for an appointment in the treasury.

Examples of appointment

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Gray declined to comment until his appointment is confirmed by the state Senate.
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I suspected at the time of his appointment that General Jones was a poor choice.
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I don't need my work to know when my son has a play date or dentist appointment.
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Her Market Street atelier, Julia Panciroli Couture, is open by appointment only.
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The conference format will be one-on-one or small group meetings by appointment.
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Most camps welcome such visits as long as you make an appointment ahead of time.
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Rouse might turn out to be an interim appointment, which would be fine with him.
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The company had said Ms. Kwong's appointment in 2008 was an interim arrangement.
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It then recommends three names to the governor, who makes the final appointment.
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  • The act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
  • Date: a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"
  • (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)
  • Appointee: a person who is appointed to a job or position
  • The job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed; "he applied for an appointment in the treasury"
  • (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"
  • The Appointment is a 1969 psychological drama from director Sidney Lumet and writer James Salter, based on the story by Antonio Leonviola.
  • The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement; An arrangement for a meeting; an ...
  • (appoint) : To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out; : To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of; : To assign, designate, or set apart by authority; : To furnish in all points; ...