Dictionary Entry
appointment
appointment is a 11-letter English word with 14 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 22 · 14 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.
- 2noun
The state of being appointed to som/ service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; an, the appointment of treasurer.
- 3noun
Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six.
- 4noun
Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments.
- 5noun
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.
- 6noun
Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords.
- 7noun
An allowance to a person, esp. to a public officer; a perquisite; -- properly only in the plural.
- 8noun
A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college; as, to have an appointment.
- 9noun
(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"
- 10noun
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
"the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
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- 11noun
the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed
"he applied for an appointment in the treasury"
- 12noun
(usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)
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- 13noun
a meeting arranged in advance
"she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"
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- 14noun
a person who is appointed to a job or position
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