"double appointment" meaning in All languages combined

See double appointment on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: double appointments [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} double appointment (plural double appointments)
  1. (healthcare, British, Australia, New Zealand) An appointment with a GP (general practitioner) which is allocated twice much time as usual. Tags: Australia, British, New-Zealand Categories (topical): Healthcare
    Sense id: en-double_appointment-en-noun-KUKLoOoY Categories (other): Australian English, British English, New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 38 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 38 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 36 4 Topics: government, healthcare
  2. An appointment time with two people assigned to it; a double booked appointment.
    Sense id: en-double_appointment-en-noun-S9ScBhUV
  3. The appointment of a person to two different positions simultaneously.
    Sense id: en-double_appointment-en-noun-DnaX1~6B

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2022 February 1, Rana Bano, “Double Booking in Scheduling: What It Is and How to Fix It”, in Simply Schedule Appointments, retrieved 2023-08-30:",
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          "text": "Breaking the news of the double appointment during the brunch […] [Ebuwa Martins Agbonwaneten] disclosed that the first is as the Managing Director of newly formed, ground-breaking international multimedia house, Tingo Media — while the second is as the Chief Operating Officer of eponymous charity foundation, Dozy Mmobuosi Foundation (DMF), […]",
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