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# appointment

«appointment» in Mova's school dictionary: **an agreed time to meet someone, especially a doctor…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an appointment, appointments)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An appointment is an agreed time to meet someone, especially a doctor, dentist or hairdresser. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appointment/#m1)

2) An appointment is choosing someone for a job or position: "the appointment of a new head teacher". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appointment/#m2)

3) An appointment is a job itself, especially an important one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appointment/#m3)

4) By appointment means only if you have arranged a time first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appointment/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths problems, appointments are about time: "the appointment is at 3:15 and lasts 40 minutes, so it ends at 3:55". In everyday life, people make, keep, cancel or miss appointments, and write them in a diary or calendar. Phrases: make an appointment, have an appointment, cancel an appointment, miss an appointment, by appointment only, dental appointment.

### examples

- I have a dentist appointment after school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appointment/#x1)
- Mum made an appointment with the doctor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appointment/#x2)
- The appointment starts at 2:30 and lasts 45 minutes, so it ends at 3:15. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appointment/#x3)
- We had to cancel the appointment because I was ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appointment/#x4)
- The appointment of the new head was announced. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appointment/#x5)
- The shop is open by appointment only. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appointment/#x6)
- Don't be late for your appointment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appointment/#x7)
- This time the Kinglet was not late for his appointment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appointment/#x8)

### note

Countable. Verb: appoint (to choose someone for a job; to set a time). Spelling: double p. "Make an appointment" (not "do"). Appointment (a meeting time) is not the same as "disappointment" (sadness when hopes fail).

### In the corpora

- [Much housework is invisible, like booking appointments and planning meals, so each grown-up may not see what the other does.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/12-cars-chores-and-the-shopping-list/14/)
- [Doctors have more patients than time, so getting an appointment can mean ringing early or waiting weeks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/1/)
- [Non-urgent appointments can be weeks away because doctors have more patients than time; urgent problems are seen sooner.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/10/)
- [Some appointments happen by phone or video when no examination is needed, and the doctor decides if you must come in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse/13/)
- [Arriving 5 to 15 minutes early for an appointment is good: you can sit down, calm down and fill in forms.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/106-late-and-early-being-on-time/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «appointment» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/appointment/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.