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Appointment

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

/əˈpɔɪntmənt/nounCore term

In office & administration, appointment means: An arranged time to meet someone or visit a place, for example to see a client, a doctor or a manager.

In Turkish: randevu, görüşme

How it is used

Used for one-to-one or small arranged meetings, especially with clients, doctors and service providers. You make, book, confirm, cancel or reschedule an appointment. Receptionists ask visitors "Do you have an appointment?" For internal team meetings, people say meeting, not appointment.

Example sentences

  1. Mr Kaya has an appointment with the finance director at 3 p.m.

  2. I'm sorry, she's fully booked today. Shall I make an appointment for tomorrow morning?

Common collocations

  • make an appointment
  • book an appointment
  • confirm an appointment
  • cancel an appointment
  • by appointment only
  • scheduleTo arrange for a meeting, call or task to happen at a particular date and time, and usually to add it to a calendar.
  • calendarA record of a person's or team's meetings, appointments and events, usually kept in software that colleagues can see and add meetings to.
  • rescheduleTo change the date or time of a planned meeting, appointment or event to a new one.
  • reminderA message or alert that helps someone remember something they need to do, such as attend a meeting, pay an invoice or meet a deadline.
  • double-bookedHaving two meetings or appointments arranged for the same time, or describing a room reserved for two groups at once by mistake.

This word in other fields

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