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   appoint

   /əˈpɔɪnt/

   verb

   • 1. assign a job or role to (someone): "she has been appointed to the board" Similar nominatenamedesignateinstall ascommissionengageadoptco-optselectchooseelectvote indetailOpposite reject
   • 2. determine or decide on (a time or a place): "they appointed a day in May for the meeting" Similar specifydetermineassigndesignateallotsetfixarrangechoosedecide onestablishsettleauthorizeordainprescribedecree
   • ▪ decree: archaic "such laws are appointed by God"
   • 3. decide the disposition of (property of which one is not the owner) under powers granted by the owner: "trustees appoint the capital to the beneficiaries"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French apointer, from a point ‘to a point’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. appointer noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishAPPOINT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   APPOINT definition: 1. to choose someone officially for a job or responsibility: 2. to arrange a date or time when a…. Learn more.

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › appointAppoint Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of APPOINT is to fix or set officially. How to use appoint in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Appoint.

4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishAPPOINT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If you appoint someone to a job or official position, you formally choose them for it. It made sense to appoint a banker to this job. [VERB noun + to] The commission appointed a special investigator to conduct its own inquiry. [VERB noun to-infinitive] The Prime Minister has appointed a civilian as defence minister.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryAPPOINT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   APPOINT meaning: 1. to choose someone officially for a job or responsibility: 2. to arrange a date or time when a…. Learn more.

6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › appointappoint verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   to choose somebody for a job or position of responsibility. appoint somebody They have appointed a new head teacher at my son's school. appoint somebody to something She has recently been appointed to the committee. appoint somebody (as) something They appointed him (as) captain of the English team.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishAPPOINT | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   APPOINT definition: to officially choose someone for a job: . Learn more.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › appointAppoint - definition of appoint by The Free Dictionary

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   1. to name or assign officially: to appoint a new treasurer. 2. to fix; set: to appoint a time for the meeting. 3. to designate (a person) to take the benefit of an estate created by a deed or will. 4. to equip; furnish: They appointed the house luxuriously.