appointments (noun)

  • 1appointment — noun 1 agreement to meet sb ADJECTIVE ▪ important, urgent ▪ first, initial ▪ follow up ▪ scheduled ▪ …

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  • 2diary — noun 1 for writing down what happens each day ADJECTIVE ▪ detailed ▪ daily ▪ personal, private, secret ▪ food, travel …

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  • 3call girl — noun a female prostitute who can be hired by telephone • Hypernyms: ↑prostitute, ↑cocotte, ↑whore, ↑harlot, ↑bawd, ↑tart, ↑cyprian, ↑fancy woman, ↑working girl, ↑ …

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  • 4PDA — noun a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc. • Syn: ↑personal digital assistant,… …

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  • 5appointment book — noun a book containing a calendar and space to keep a record of appointments • Syn: ↑appointment calendar • Hypernyms: ↑book * * * appointment book noun A book in which a person s prearranged engagements are recorded • • • Main Entry: ↑appoint * …

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  • 6provost — noun 1. /ˈprɒvəst / (say provuhst) a person appointed to superintend or preside. 2. /ˈprɒvəst / (say provuhst) an officer in a Scottish burgh corresponding to mayor. 3. /ˈprɒvəst / (say provuhst) Ecclesiastical a. the head officer of a chapter or …

  • 7merit system — noun the system of employing and promoting civil servants on the basis of ability • Ant: ↑spoils system • Hypernyms: ↑system, ↑system of rules * * * noun : the system of appointing employees to office in the civil service and of promoting them… …

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  • 8plum tree — noun any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone • Syn: ↑plum • Hypernyms: ↑fruit tree • Hyponyms: ↑wild plum, ↑wild plum tree, ↑common plum, ↑ …

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  • 9social secretary — noun a personal secretary who handles your social correspondence and appointments • Hypernyms: ↑secretary, ↑secretarial assistant * * * ˌsocial ˈsecretary 7 [social secretary] noun the person who organizes social activities for an organization or …

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  • 10court circular — noun Usage: usually capitalized both Cs : the bulletin issued daily by the court of Great Britain to the press containing news of the court and the royal family * * * court circular noun A daily report in certain newspapers of the appointments,… …

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