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)

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)