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appointment

/əˈpɔɪntmənt/uh-POYNT-muhnt
/əˈpɔɪntmənt/uh-POYNT-muhnt

Meaningthe act of fixing to a point

Common meaning: a planned meeting

Other meanings: a job given

Journey through time

  1. Latinpunctussource
  2. Late Latinappunctaresource
  3. Old Frenchapointersource
  4. Middle Englishappointensource
  5. Englishappoint‘to name for a job’
  6. Englishformed in English from appointappointment‘a planned meeting’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from appoint + -ment.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), APPOINT, p.29 · scan

Source words

  • punctus Latin · source word “a pricked dot”

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