Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“appointments” is a form of

appointment

/əˈpɔɪnt.mɛnt/ noun

Forms appointments

  1. noun The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust. “His appointment as treasurer was deemed suitable.”
  2. noun The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed. “the appointment of treasurer”
  3. noun A stipulation; an agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
  4. noun An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement. “They made an appointment to meet at six.”
  5. noun (religion) A decree; a direction; an established order or constitution. “to submit to the divine appointments”
  6. noun (law) The exercise of the power of designating (under a power of appointment) a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.
  7. noun (government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.
  8. noun (in the plural) Equipment, furniture.

Synonyms

designation tenure formal assignment naming date engagement fitting appointee

Antonyms

dismissal

Etymology

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

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men.
  2. noun The state of being appointed to somappointment of treasurer.

Etymology [Cf. F. appointement.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “appointment”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “appointment” (best matches first).

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