appointment
n. countablen. a formal arrangement to meet someone at a specific time and place. You use this for professional meetings, like seeing a doctor or a lawyer.
n. a formal arrangement to meet at a designated time and place; also refers to the act of assigning a person to a job or position.
I have a dentist appointment at three o'clock.
Please call the office if you need to cancel or reschedule your appointment with the consultant.
The committee announced the appointment of a new director to oversee the legal department's transition to digital record-keeping.
From Middle English appoyntement, apoyntement, from Old French appointement, equivalent to appoint + -ment.
Commonly takes the prepositions 'with' for people and 'at' or 'for' for times.
I have an appointment to the doctorI have an appointment with the doctorWhen referring to a meeting with a person, use the preposition 'with' rather than 'to'.