| NOUN | act | appointment, assignment, designation, naming | the act of putting a person into a non-elective position |
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| group | appointment, date, engagement | a meeting arranged in advance | |
| artifact | appointment, fitting | (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) | |
| person | appointment, appointee | a person who is appointed to a job or position | |
| act | appointment | the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed | |
| act | appointment | (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment |
| Sounds | ahpoy'ntmahnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | The act of putting a person into a non-elective position. | |
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| Example | "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee" | |
| Synonyms | assignment, designation, naming | |
| Narrower | co-option, co-optation | The act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's / appointee's consent) |
| delegacy | The appointment of a delegate | |
| nomination | The act of officially naming a candidate | |
| ordination, ordinance | The act of ordaining | |
| recognition | designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body | |
| Broader | decision, determination, conclusion | The act of making up your mind about something |
| Spanish | asignación, designación, nombramiento | |
| Catalan | assignació, designació, nomenament | |
| Adjectives | appointive | relating to the act of appointing |
| Meaning | A meeting arranged in advance. | |
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| Synonyms | date, engagement | |
| Members | date, escort | A participant in a date |
| Narrower | blind date | A date with a stranger |
| double date | A date in which two couples participate | |
| tryst, rendezvous | A date | |
| Broader | meeting, get together | A small informal social gathering |
| Spanish | cita, compromiso, esponsales, hora | |
| Catalan | cita, compromís, consulta | |
| Meaning | (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel). | |
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| Synonym | fitting | |
| Broader | furnishing | (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home / home / home (or other area) livable |
| Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
| Meaning | A person who is appointed to a job or position. | |
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| Synonym | appointee | |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Spanish | citado, cita, nombramiento, persona designada | |
| Catalan | citat, nomenament | |
| Meaning | The job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed. | |
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| Example | "he applied for an appointment in the treasury" | |
| Broader | occupation, business, job, line of work, line | The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money |
| Spanish | designación, nombramiento | |
| Catalan | nomenament | |
| Meaning | (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment. | |
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| Example | "she allocated part of the trust to her church by appointment" | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Broader | disposal, disposition | The act or means of getting rid of something |
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