## Meanings
1. An arrangement to meet someone or be somewhere at a set time.
2. The act of choosing someone for a job or official position.
3. A job or position that someone is chosen for.

## Examples
- I made an appointment to see the dentist on Friday.
- Her appointment as head of the department surprised no one.
- He applied for an appointment in the treasury.

## Antonyms
- dismissal

## Derived Forms
- foreappointment
- interappointment
- nonappointment
- preappointment
- reappointment
- self-appointment

## Related Forms
- calendar
- meeting
- schedule

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: appoyntement
- Root: appointement

## Etymology
From Middle English appoyntement, apoyntement, from Old French appointement, equivalent to appoint + -ment.

## AI Etymology
Appointment is from Middle English appoyntement, apoyntement, from Old French appointement, equivalent to appoint plus -ment. The suffix -ment makes a noun of action, result, or state from equivalent to appoint, matching uses in which the word names an act, process, outcome, or condition. In use as a noun, appointment denotes an arrangement to meet someone or be somewhere at a set time, the act of choosing someone for a job or official position, and a job or position that someone is chosen for. The same word family continues in derived forms such as foreappointment, interappointment, nonappointment, and preappointment and related entries such as calendar, meeting, and schedule.

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