Collocations for appointment - noun

important, urgent
first, initial
follow-up
scheduled
missed
Patients may be charged for missed appointments.

business
dental, dentist
doctor's, medical
hospital, outpatient (both esp. BrE)
The hospital needs to allow more time for outpatient appointments.

hair, nail
therapy (esp. AmE)

have
arrange, book, fix (esp. BrE), make, schedule (esp. AmE), set up
I'd like to make an appointment to see the doctor, please.

reschedule
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.

attend, keep
He failed to keep his appointment.

forget, miss
She has already missed three appointments.

cancel

book, calendar (AmE)
The receptionist checked the appointment book.

time
I assume he'll come at his usual 10 a.m. appointment time.

by appointment
Viewing is only allowed by appointment.

with an appointment, without an appointment
He called without an appointment.

appointment with
an appointment with a doctor

permanent, temporary
lifetime (AmE)
tenured (AmE)
full-time, part-time
senior
public (BrE)
court, judicial (both BrE, AmE)
cabinet (BrE, AmE), federal (AmE), government (BrE), ministerial (BrE), political (BrE, AmE)
executive
academic (BrE, AmE), faculty (AmE), university

hold
Employees may not hold any other appointments.

give sb, offer sb
He was offered an appointment in the English Department.

accept
get, obtain, receive
take up
He takes up his appointment in January.

resign, resign from
Ms Green resigned her appointment as our regional representative.

terminate
The college terminated the appointments of six professors.

secure
The President secured the appointment of a close friend.

key
The company has made five key appointments at its Chicago office.

formal (esp. BrE), official
presidential (AmE)
staff (esp. BrE)
recent
the recent appointment of Lars Nittves as director

new
They announced a series of new appointments of key security officials.

make
announce
confirm
The board has confirmed the appointment of Howard Kendall as Sales Manager.

approve
block
Conservatives launched a furious campaign to block his appointment.

process

appointment to
the first appointments to the new government