appointmentnoun
uk/əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/us/əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/appointment noun (ARRANGEMENT)
A2 [ C ] a formal arrangement to meet or visit someone at a particular time and place:
I'd like to make an appointment with Dr Evans, please.
She had to cancel her dental appointment.
[ + to infinitive ] I've got an appointment to see Ms Edwards at two o'clock.
I've got a two o'clock appointment with Ms Edwards.
If he didn't have a secretary to remind him, he wouldn't keep (= remember to be present at) any of his appointments.
That's the second appointment he's missed.
by appointment
at a previously arranged time:
House for sale, two bedrooms. Viewing by appointment only.
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- I have a four o'clock appointment at the hairdresser's.
- I'm a patient of Dr Stephens, please could I make an appointment to see her?
- Would a ten o'clock appointment be more convenient for you?
- The manager has no free appointments this week, I'm afraid.
- Please cancel my appointments for tomorrow afternoon - I have to go to a funeral.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Meeting people
- conclave
- cross
- cross sb's path/cross paths with sb idiom
- deal
- gathering
- hello
- hook
- hook up
- how are things (with you)? idiom
- how do you do? idiom
- it's a date idiom
- known
- massed
- meet
- meeting point
- muster point
- rally
- remember sb to sb
- run across sb
- tryst
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appointment noun (JOB)
C2 [ C or U ] the act of officially choosing someone for a job, or the job itself:
his appointment as senior lecturer
We would like to announce the appointment of Julia Lewis as head of sales.
Our department expects to make five new appointments (= appoint five new people) this year alone.
by appointment
in the UK, used by businesses to show that their goods and services are sold to a member of the royal family:
Carter's Ltd, confectioners by appointment to the Queen
More examples
- He was eventually prevailed upon to accept the appointment.
- The appointment of a female director is a quantum leap for women's equality.
- The new appointment has been widely welcomed.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Applying for a job
- anoint
- applicant
- appoint
- appointed
- appointee
- engage
- handpicked
- headhunt
- hiring
- intake
- job
- job centre
- scout
- set sb up
- step
- step into sth
- subcontract
- take sb on
- take sth on
- tender
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