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 →

2) An appointment is choosing someone for a job or position: "the appointment of a new head teacher". tree →

3) An appointment is a job itself, especially an important one. tree →

4) By appointment means only if you have arranged a time first. tree →

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 →
• Mum made an appointment with the doctor. tree →
• The appointment starts at 2:30 and lasts 45 minutes, so it ends at 3:15. tree →
• We had to cancel the appointment because I was ill. tree →
• The appointment of the new head was announced. tree →
• The shop is open by appointment only. tree →
• Don't be late for your appointment. tree →
• This time the Kinglet was not late for his appointment. tree →

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.
• Doctors have more patients than time, so getting an appointment can mean ringing early or waiting weeks.
• Non-urgent appointments can be weeks away because doctors have more patients than time; urgent problems are seen sooner.
• Some appointments happen by phone or video when no examination is needed, and the doctor decides if you must come in.
• Arriving 5 to 15 minutes early for an appointment is good: you can sit down, calm down and fill in forms.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «appointment» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.