appointments
Times to arrive
Appointments are scheduled meetings or engagements, typically with professionals or officials: a doctor's appointment, a hair appointment.
The word also refers to acts of assigning someone to a position: The president's cabinet appointments drew criticism.
In the plural, appointments can mean furnishings or equipment: a yacht with luxurious appointments.
Date-tracking system
- schedulePlan of timed events
- bookingsScheduled future commitments
- reservationsDoubts or advance bookings
- slotsNarrow elongated openings
meetings · sessions · consultations · checkups · interviews · visits · planner · timetable
Formal candidate selection
- designationFormal name or title
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- selectionChosen item or items
posting · installation · investiture · inauguration · swearing-in · confirmation · tenure · term
Routine health evaluation
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
- physicalOf body or matter
- screeningEvaluative selection process
follow-up · referral · specialist · clinic · doctor · dentist · therapy · vaccination
Gathering for discussion
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
- interviewFormal questioning session
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- sittingBeing in seated posture
conference · briefing · debrief · one-on-one · evaluation · assessment · orientation · onboarding
Specific day or outing
- rendezvousScheduled meeting at agreed location
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- meetupInformal planned gathering
get-together · gathering · encounter · visit · outing · reunion · playdate
calendar
Date-tracking system
- schedulePlan of timed events
- bookingsScheduled future commitments
- reservationsDoubts or advance bookings
slots · meetings · sessions · consultations · checkups · interviews · visits · planner · timetable · diary
nomination
Formal candidate selection
- designationFormal name or title
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- commissionPayment for services rendered
selection · posting · installation · investiture · inauguration · swearing-in · confirmation · tenure · term · office
checkup
Routine health evaluation
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
- physicalOf body or matter
screening · follow-up · referral · specialist · clinic · doctor · dentist · therapy · vaccination · procedure
meeting
Gathering for discussion
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
- interviewFormal questioning session
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
sitting · conference · briefing · debrief · one-on-one · evaluation · assessment · orientation · onboarding · callback
date
Specific day or outing
- rendezvousScheduled meeting at agreed location
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
meetup · get-together · gathering · encounter · visit · outing · reunion · playdate
- healthhealth, wellness, vitality, fitness, well-being
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- adultingpaying bills, taxes, budgeting, grocery shopping, cooking
- bridal shopswedding gowns, veils, bridesmaid dresses, alterations, fittings
- dentist officedentist office, dental clinic, dental chair, drill, dental tools
appointmentsfirings
Terminations of employment
dismissals · terminations · layoffs · sackings · discharges
appointmentsremovals
Acts of taking away
dismissals · depositions · ousters · recalls · impeachments
- doctor's appointment
- doctor appointmentScheduled visit to physician
- appointment bookPlanner for scheduled meetings
- by appointmentRequiring prior arrangement
- by appointment only
- lifetime appointmentRole ending only at death