appoint
IPA: ʌpˈɔɪnt
verb
- (transitive) To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement.
- (transitive) To name (someone to a post or role).
- (transitive) To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out.
- (transitive) To equip (someone) with (something); to assign (someone) authoritatively (some equipment).
- (transitive, law) To fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it).
- (obsolete, transitive) To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To resolve; to determine; to ordain.
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Examples of "appoint" in Sentences
- The appointment was made in some haste.
- Home and the team visited the appointment.
- The date refer to the date of appointment.
- He requested the appointment of a coadjutor.
- I've made an appointment with the internist.
- The clerk of the probate court is appointed.
- He was appointed supernumerary in engineering.
- The appointment carried the customary knighthood.
- The Auditor General is appointed by the President.
- The arbitrator is jointly appointed by the parties.
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