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appointment
verbs
have an appointment
• She has an appointment with the dentist at 5 o'clock.
make/arrange an appointment
• Can you phone the hairdresser and make an appointment?
book an appointment
British English , schedule an appointment American English (= make an appointment )
• Have you booked another appointment at the clinic? • I’ve scheduled your appointment for 9.30.
cancel an appointment
• He had to cancel all his afternoon appointments.
get an appointment
(= succeed in arranging one )
• It’s difficult to get an appointment on Monday morning.
miss an appointment
(= not go to an appointment you have arranged )
• The train was late so I missed my appointment.
keep an appointment
(= go to an appointment that you have arranged )
• Please let us know if you cannot keep your appointment.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + appointment
a hospital appointment
British English
• My hospital appointment lasted half an hour.
a doctor’s appointment
( also an appointment at the doctor’s )
• What time is your doctor’s appointment? • I have an appointment at the doctor’s this morning.
an urgent appointment
• I can’t talk now – I have an urgent appointment to get to.
a dentist’s/dental appointment
• She has a dental appointment, so she won’t be in until later.
a medical appointment
• Children sometimes miss school because of medical appointments.
a business appointment
• Dennis had an early-morning business appointment with a client.
a hair appointment
(= to have your hair cut )
• I’d like to make a hair appointment for next week.
a morning/afternoon appointment
• I asked for a morning appointment.
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noun agreement to meet sb ADJ. important, pressing, urgent | first, initial | follow-up | business | dental, hair | hospital, outpatient The hospital needs to allow more time for outpatient appointments. VERB + APPOINTMENT have | arrange, book, fix, make I'd like to make an appointment to see the doctor, please. | get I didn't know if I would get an appointment at such short notice. | give sb Tom has been given an appointment at the local hospital. | keep He failed to keep his appointment. | break, miss She has already broken three appointments. | cancel PREP. by ~ Viewing is only allowed by appointment. | with/without an ~ He called without an appointment. | ~ with an appointment with a doctor job/position ADJ. permanent, temporary | senior | academic, cabinet, court, diplomatic, ecclesiastical, executive, government, judicial, military, ministerial, political, public, university VERB + APPOINTMENT hold Employees may not hold any other appointments. | give sb, offer sb He was offered an appointment in the Education Department. | accept | obtain | take up He takes up his appointment in January. | resign Miss Green resigned her appointment as our regional representative. | secure By reorganizing the Church hierarchy, the king was able to secure the appointment of men whom he personally favoured. choosing sb for job ADJ. key The company has announced five key appointments at its Teesside plant. | formal, official | staff VERB + APPOINTMENT make | announce | confirm The board has confirmed the appointment of Howard Kendall as Sales Manager. PREP. to the first appointments to the new government
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