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appointment
English
Etymology
From Middle French apointement (French appointement). See appoint.
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??p??nt.m?nt/
- (Southern American English) IPA(key): /??p??nt.m?nt/, [??p????n?m?n?], [??p??????m?n?]
Noun
appointment (plural appointments)
- The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust
- The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed
- Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
- An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement.
- (religion) Decree; direction; established order or constitution.
- (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.
- (government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.
- (in the plural) Equipment, furniture.
- (US) A honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college.
- (obsolete) The allowance paid to a public officer.
Synonyms
- command
- designation
- direction
- equipment
- establishment
- order
Antonyms
- (act of appointing): dismissal
Translations
References
- appointment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
See also
- calendar
- meeting
- schedule
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fate
English
Etymology
From Latin fata (“prediction”), plural of fatum, from fatus (“spoken”), from for (“to speak”). Displaced native Old English wyrd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fe?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
Noun
fate (countable and uncountable, plural fates)
- The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
- Captain Edward Carlisle […] felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, […]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
- The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
- An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
- Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.
- (mythology) Alternative letter-case form of Fate (one of the goddesses said to control the destiny of human beings).
Synonyms
- destiny
- doom
- fortune
- kismet
- lot
- necessity
- orlay
- predestination
- wyrd
Antonyms
- choice
- free will
- freedom
- chance
Derived terms
- fatal
- fatalism
- fatality
- tempt fate
Related terms
- amor fati (Amor fati)
Translations
See also
- determinism
- indeterminism
Verb
fate (third-person singular simple present fates, present participle fating, simple past and past participle fated)
- (transitive) To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.
- The oracle's prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father; not all his striving could change what would occur.
- 2011, James Al-Shamma, Sarah Ruhl: A Critical Study of the Plays (page 119)
- At the conclusion of this part, Eric, who plays Jesus and is now a soldier, captures Violet in the forest, fating her to a concentration camp.
Usage notes
- In some uses this may imply it causes the inevitable event.
Translations
Anagrams
- EFTA, TAFE, TFAE, feat, feat., feta
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?fa?.t?e], /?fate/
- Hyphenation: fà?te
Verb
fate
- inflection of fare:
- second-person plural indicative present
- second-person plural imperative
Noun
fate f
- plural of fata
Anagrams
- afte
Latin
Participle
f?te
- vocative masculine singular of f?tus
Murui Huitoto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??a.t?]
- Hyphenation: fa?te
Verb
fate
- (transitive) to hit
- (intransitive) to hit
References
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.?[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 130
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
fate (present tense fatar, past tense fata, past participle fata, passive infinitive fatast, present participle fatande, imperative fat)
- Alternative form of fata
Anagrams
- EFTA, efta, feta
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fe?t/
Noun
fate
- feat
Volapük
Noun
fate
- dative singular of fat
Yamdena
Alternative forms
- fat
Etymology
From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *?pat, from Proto-Austronesian *S?pat.
Numeral
fate
- Alternative form of fat
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