appt
appt is the abbreviation of appointment.
appt is the abbreviation of appoint.
Meaning of appointment
Noun
appointment (plural appointments)
- The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust.
- His appointment as treasurer was deemed suitable.
- Synonyms:
- designation, tenure
- The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed.
- the appointment of treasurer
- A stipulation; an agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
- An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement.
- They made an appointment to meet at six.
- A decree; a direction; an established order or constitution.
- to submit to the divine appointments
- 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.
Meaning of appoint
Verb
appoint (third-person singular simple present appoints, present participle appointing, simple past and past participle appointed)
- To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement.
- His Royal Highness called to pay his respects to her Majesty; but, from the unexpected nature of his visit, her Majesty was not in a state then to receive him; but soon after sent a letter to Prince Leopold, to appoint one o'clock this day for an interview.1820, The Edinburgh Annual Register
- To name (someone to a post or role).
- Aaron and his shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 4:19
- To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out.
- It was a handsome old stucco hall, very elegantly appointed, for Winter was a bachelor and prided himself on his style; but the place was beset by collieries.1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter X, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC, page 151
- To equip (someone) with (something); to assign (someone) authoritatively (some equipment).
- after mature Deliberation, he appointed them a Ship of seventy Tons,1747, William Stith, The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia, page 15
- To fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it).
- If the donee of a power appoint the fund to one of the objects of the power, under an understanding that the latter is to lend the fund to tho former, although on good security, the appointment is bad.1828–29 (case decided), published in 1843, in the Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery
- To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish.
- When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 8:29
Forms of appt
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | appts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | appts |
| present participle | appting |
| past participle | appted |
| past | appted |
Questions about appt
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- Appt is the abbreviation of appointment.
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