See Also: appointment(dictionary)
appointment(dictionary)
the records appointment(medicine)
Power Of Appointment(law)
Powers Of Appointment(law)
appointment book(dictionary)
Trades by appointment(finance)
Trades by appointment(money)
APPOINTMENT, government, wills(law)
Limited Power Of Appointment(law)

senseless (iou) and appointment (oh)


senseless (iou)



senseless adjective. M16.
[from SENSE noun + -LESS.]
Of a person etc.: without sensation, physically insentient; in a state of unconsciousness. M16.
Sun They were stripped and clubbed senseless.
b. Of a thing: incapable of sensation or perception. L16.
Incapable of feeling, lacking sensitivity or awareness. (Foll. by of.) Now rare or obsolete. M16.
Without sense or intelligence, stupid, silly, foolish. Also, without meaning or purpose, meaningless. L16.
D. Brewster She would not be so senseless as to accuse such men. S. Terkel I was in Vietnam. I saw the senseless waste of human beings. P. Roth His life did not come to a senseless end.
senselessly adverb L17.
senselessness noun L16.

appointment (oh)



[C] an arrangement for a meeting at an agreed time and place, for a particular purpose
appointment with
::She has an appointment with a client at 10.30.
::You should phone his secretary if you want to make an appointment .
::I have an appointment to see the doctor.
::Please give us plenty of notice if you have to cancel an appointment .
::For the third time in a row, she had failed to keep her appointment .
::I was already forty-five minutes late for a dental appointment .
::All consultations are by appointment only .
[U and C] when someone is chosen for a position or job
appointment of
::Other changes included the appointment of a new Foreign Minister.
appointment as
::They congratulated him on his appointment as chairman.
[C] a job or position, usually involving some responsibility
appointment as
::He has taken up an appointment as Professor of Chemistry.
by appointment to the Queen
BrE a phrase that can be used by a business that sells goods or Services to the Queen
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
have an appointment
make an appointment
an appointment to do something
book an appointment British English
schedule an appointment American English (=make an appointment)
cancel an appointment
miss an appointment
keep an appointment (=go to an appointment you have arranged)
doctor's/dentist's/dental appointment
by appointment (only) (=only if you make an appointment in advance)