Definition of appoint in English:

appoint

verb əˈpɔɪntəˈpɔɪnt

[with object]

1Assign a job or role to (someone)
she has been appointed to the board
they appointed her as personnel manager
Example sentencesExamples
- In 1988, he was appointed to the role of divisional director for the group's specialist cars division and in 1992 he was promoted to managing director.
- Those days, through a shahi firman (royal edict) certain persons were appointed to perform some specific tasks.
- The process by which people are appointed to inquiries appears wholly opaque, raising the suspicion that politicians appoint people who will give them the result they want.
- Local billeting officers were appointed to find suitable homes for evacuees and they set about interviewing possible hosts.
- I am a Welshman who is as proud today of being national team manager as I was on the day I was appointed to the job.
- He was appointed to his post at St James's in 1992.
- A new board of directors was appointed to oversee the financially-troubled project.
- His first official honorary consultant post came in 1946 when he was appointed to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.
- And she was appointed to this case, paid $3,280, including expenses.
- She was appointed to the Court of Justice in October 1999.
- He was appointed to this promotional role because of his high profile in the community.
- All we can say in relation to his appointment is that he applied for the job, we took up his references and he was appointed to the post after due process.
- What happens if some individuals are appointed to this authority who turn out to be absolute disasters?
- Has anyone been appointed to a regulatory or important committee, task force, or agency position?
- Luckily my father was soon appointed to a consultant post, and we settled down.
- As a result, completely inappropriate people are appointed to rather important jobs.
- During the first quarter, a management team was appointed to run the software division and win new business.
- He was appointed to chair the council's health committee in 1985 and was instrumental in the opening of the reserve's health centre.
- People are appointed to different jobs within a division of labour.
- He was appointed to head the new merged ‘supertrust’, which covers an area of 4,500 square miles, in May 1999.
Synonyms
nominate, name, designate, install as, commission, engage, adopt, co-opt
select, choose, elect, vote in
Military detail
2Determine or decide on (a time or a place)
they appointed a day in May for the meeting
Example sentencesExamples
- Complaints against decisions pertaining to assemblies shall be filed directly to the Supreme Administrative Court within 3 days of the date of delivery of the decision concerned; unless hindered from doing so by formal obstacles, the Court shall appoint the date of the hearing no later than within 7 days of the date of filing the complaint.
- On a document being tabled, a motion may be moved without notice to appoint a day for its consideration or for it to be printed.
- However, I missed a recent test, because I forgot to appoint a time that I would take it.
- In my view this document carries greater weight than others cited in the inquiry, for example the Tithe maps because it discharged an express obligation to set out and appoint roads.
Synonyms
specify, determine, assign, designate, allot, set, fix, arrange, choose, decide on, establish, settle, authorize, ordain, prescribe, decree
1. 2.1archaic Decree.
  such laws are appointed by God
  Example sentencesExamples
  The first of these, the external or political kingdom of Christ in the visible church, consists in his absolute and supreme authority, to appoint the laws of his church, and rulers by these laws.
  As His sovereignty extends to His worship, so it is His sole prerogative to appoint the laws of His worship, to command of His subjects the way they ought to worship Him.
  It isn't as though the Ambassador issued a decree saying ‘I appoint such and such.’
  ‘Let us now appoint the laws by which our country may remain in peace.’
3Law
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
Example sentencesExamples
- The surviving spouse must have a power of appointment to appoint the property to the survivor's own self or estate.
- Suppose she had appointed the property to her executor; that could not make it assets for the payment of her debts, unless it was her separate estate.
- The nephew had no child but purported to appoint the property by will.
- So, our submission has always been that that is a beneficial interest in the sense that he has the ability through control of the trustee company to appoint corpus or income to himself.

Derivatives

appointer

noun

And yet, on the other hand, maybe the relationship is properly seen as part of the qualifications, precisely because it is often closely correlated to how well the appointer knows and trusts the appointee.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is not a perfect system - vacancies do not occur on regular schedules, and judges do not always decide cases the way their appointers might have anticipated.
- Receivers and managers in the case of insolvency regularly fail to obtain indemnities from their appointers but look usually only to the assets.
- It leads to reduced credibility of the appointees and may lead people to question the motives of the appointers.
- What's important is the judgment and the will of the appointer.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French apointer, from a point 'to a point'.

Rhymes

anoint, conjoint, joint, outpoint, point, point-to-point

Definition of appoint in US English:

appoint

verbəˈpɔɪntəˈpoint

[with object]

1Assign a job or role to (someone)
she has been appointed to the board
they appointed her as personnel manager
with object and infinitive a delegated engineer will be appointed to oversee each graduate
Example sentencesExamples
- He was appointed to this promotional role because of his high profile in the community.
- Luckily my father was soon appointed to a consultant post, and we settled down.
- And she was appointed to this case, paid $3,280, including expenses.
- During the first quarter, a management team was appointed to run the software division and win new business.
- I am a Welshman who is as proud today of being national team manager as I was on the day I was appointed to the job.
- What happens if some individuals are appointed to this authority who turn out to be absolute disasters?
- As a result, completely inappropriate people are appointed to rather important jobs.
- He was appointed to chair the council's health committee in 1985 and was instrumental in the opening of the reserve's health centre.
- His first official honorary consultant post came in 1946 when he was appointed to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.
- He was appointed to his post at St James's in 1992.
- Those days, through a shahi firman (royal edict) certain persons were appointed to perform some specific tasks.
- Local billeting officers were appointed to find suitable homes for evacuees and they set about interviewing possible hosts.
- The process by which people are appointed to inquiries appears wholly opaque, raising the suspicion that politicians appoint people who will give them the result they want.
- People are appointed to different jobs within a division of labour.
- Has anyone been appointed to a regulatory or important committee, task force, or agency position?
- All we can say in relation to his appointment is that he applied for the job, we took up his references and he was appointed to the post after due process.
- She was appointed to the Court of Justice in October 1999.
- He was appointed to head the new merged ‘supertrust’, which covers an area of 4,500 square miles, in May 1999.
- A new board of directors was appointed to oversee the financially-troubled project.
- In 1988, he was appointed to the role of divisional director for the group's specialist cars division and in 1992 he was promoted to managing director.
Synonyms
nominate, name, designate, install as, commission, engage, adopt, co-opt
2Determine or decide on (a time or a place)
they appointed a day in May for the meeting
Example sentencesExamples
- However, I missed a recent test, because I forgot to appoint a time that I would take it.
- In my view this document carries greater weight than others cited in the inquiry, for example the Tithe maps because it discharged an express obligation to set out and appoint roads.
- Complaints against decisions pertaining to assemblies shall be filed directly to the Supreme Administrative Court within 3 days of the date of delivery of the decision concerned; unless hindered from doing so by formal obstacles, the Court shall appoint the date of the hearing no later than within 7 days of the date of filing the complaint.
- On a document being tabled, a motion may be moved without notice to appoint a day for its consideration or for it to be printed.
Synonyms
specify, determine, assign, designate, allot, set, fix, arrange, choose, decide on, establish, settle, authorize, ordain, prescribe, decree
1. 2.1archaic Decree.
  such laws are appointed by God
  Example sentencesExamples
  ‘Let us now appoint the laws by which our country may remain in peace.’
  The first of these, the external or political kingdom of Christ in the visible church, consists in his absolute and supreme authority, to appoint the laws of his church, and rulers by these laws.
  It isn't as though the Ambassador issued a decree saying ‘I appoint such and such.’
  As His sovereignty extends to His worship, so it is His sole prerogative to appoint the laws of His worship, to command of His subjects the way they ought to worship Him.
3Law
Decide the disposal of (property of which one is not the owner) under powers granted by the owner.
trustees appoint the capital to the beneficiaries
Example sentencesExamples
- The nephew had no child but purported to appoint the property by will.
- Suppose she had appointed the property to her executor; that could not make it assets for the payment of her debts, unless it was her separate estate.
- So, our submission has always been that that is a beneficial interest in the sense that he has the ability through control of the trustee company to appoint corpus or income to himself.
- The surviving spouse must have a power of appointment to appoint the property to the survivor's own self or estate.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French apointer, from a point ‘to a point’.

单词	appoint
释义	Definition of appoint in English: appoint verb əˈpɔɪntəˈpɔɪnt [with object] 1Assign a job or role to (someone) she has been appointed to the board they appointed her as personnel manager Example sentencesExamples In 1988, he was appointed to the role of divisional director for the group's specialist cars division and in 1992 he was promoted to managing director. Those days, through a shahi firman (royal edict) certain persons were appointed to perform some specific tasks. The process by which people are appointed to inquiries appears wholly opaque, raising the suspicion that politicians appoint people who will give them the result they want. Local billeting officers were appointed to find suitable homes for evacuees and they set about interviewing possible hosts. I am a Welshman who is as proud today of being national team manager as I was on the day I was appointed to the job. He was appointed to his post at St James's in 1992. A new board of directors was appointed to oversee the financially-troubled project. His first official honorary consultant post came in 1946 when he was appointed to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. And she was appointed to this case, paid $3,280, including expenses. She was appointed to the Court of Justice in October 1999. He was appointed to this promotional role because of his high profile in the community. All we can say in relation to his appointment is that he applied for the job, we took up his references and he was appointed to the post after due process. What happens if some individuals are appointed to this authority who turn out to be absolute disasters? Has anyone been appointed to a regulatory or important committee, task force, or agency position? Luckily my father was soon appointed to a consultant post, and we settled down. As a result, completely inappropriate people are appointed to rather important jobs. During the first quarter, a management team was appointed to run the software division and win new business. He was appointed to chair the council's health committee in 1985 and was instrumental in the opening of the reserve's health centre. People are appointed to different jobs within a division of labour. He was appointed to head the new merged ‘supertrust’, which covers an area of 4,500 square miles, in May 1999. Synonyms nominate, name, designate, install as, commission, engage, adopt, co-opt select, choose, elect, vote in Military detail 2Determine or decide on (a time or a place) they appointed a day in May for the meeting Example sentencesExamples Complaints against decisions pertaining to assemblies shall be filed directly to the Supreme Administrative Court within 3 days of the date of delivery of the decision concerned; unless hindered from doing so by formal obstacles, the Court shall appoint the date of the hearing no later than within 7 days of the date of filing the complaint. On a document being tabled, a motion may be moved without notice to appoint a day for its consideration or for it to be printed. However, I missed a recent test, because I forgot to appoint a time that I would take it. In my view this document carries greater weight than others cited in the inquiry, for example the Tithe maps because it discharged an express obligation to set out and appoint roads. Synonyms specify, determine, assign, designate, allot, set, fix, arrange, choose, decide on, establish, settle, authorize, ordain, prescribe, decree 2.1archaic Decree. such laws are appointed by God Example sentencesExamples The first of these, the external or political kingdom of Christ in the visible church, consists in his absolute and supreme authority, to appoint the laws of his church, and rulers by these laws. As His sovereignty extends to His worship, so it is His sole prerogative to appoint the laws of His worship, to command of His subjects the way they ought to worship Him. It isn't as though the Ambassador issued a decree saying ‘I appoint such and such.’ ‘Let us now appoint the laws by which our country may remain in peace.’ 3Law 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 Example sentencesExamples The surviving spouse must have a power of appointment to appoint the property to the survivor's own self or estate. Suppose she had appointed the property to her executor; that could not make it assets for the payment of her debts, unless it was her separate estate. The nephew had no child but purported to appoint the property by will. So, our submission has always been that that is a beneficial interest in the sense that he has the ability through control of the trustee company to appoint corpus or income to himself. Derivatives appointer noun And yet, on the other hand, maybe the relationship is properly seen as part of the qualifications, precisely because it is often closely correlated to how well the appointer knows and trusts the appointee. Example sentencesExamples It is not a perfect system - vacancies do not occur on regular schedules, and judges do not always decide cases the way their appointers might have anticipated. Receivers and managers in the case of insolvency regularly fail to obtain indemnities from their appointers but look usually only to the assets. It leads to reduced credibility of the appointees and may lead people to question the motives of the appointers. What's important is the judgment and the will of the appointer. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French apointer, from a point 'to a point'. Rhymes anoint, conjoint, joint, outpoint, point, point-to-point Definition of appoint in US English: appoint verbəˈpɔɪntəˈpoint [with object] 1Assign a job or role to (someone) she has been appointed to the board they appointed her as personnel manager with object and infinitive a delegated engineer will be appointed to oversee each graduate Example sentencesExamples He was appointed to this promotional role because of his high profile in the community. Luckily my father was soon appointed to a consultant post, and we settled down. And she was appointed to this case, paid $3,280, including expenses. During the first quarter, a management team was appointed to run the software division and win new business. I am a Welshman who is as proud today of being national team manager as I was on the day I was appointed to the job. What happens if some individuals are appointed to this authority who turn out to be absolute disasters? As a result, completely inappropriate people are appointed to rather important jobs. He was appointed to chair the council's health committee in 1985 and was instrumental in the opening of the reserve's health centre. His first official honorary consultant post came in 1946 when he was appointed to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. He was appointed to his post at St James's in 1992. Those days, through a shahi firman (royal edict) certain persons were appointed to perform some specific tasks. Local billeting officers were appointed to find suitable homes for evacuees and they set about interviewing possible hosts. The process by which people are appointed to inquiries appears wholly opaque, raising the suspicion that politicians appoint people who will give them the result they want. People are appointed to different jobs within a division of labour. Has anyone been appointed to a regulatory or important committee, task force, or agency position? All we can say in relation to his appointment is that he applied for the job, we took up his references and he was appointed to the post after due process. She was appointed to the Court of Justice in October 1999. He was appointed to head the new merged ‘supertrust’, which covers an area of 4,500 square miles, in May 1999. A new board of directors was appointed to oversee the financially-troubled project. In 1988, he was appointed to the role of divisional director for the group's specialist cars division and in 1992 he was promoted to managing director. Synonyms nominate, name, designate, install as, commission, engage, adopt, co-opt 2Determine or decide on (a time or a place) they appointed a day in May for the meeting Example sentencesExamples However, I missed a recent test, because I forgot to appoint a time that I would take it. In my view this document carries greater weight than others cited in the inquiry, for example the Tithe maps because it discharged an express obligation to set out and appoint roads. Complaints against decisions pertaining to assemblies shall be filed directly to the Supreme Administrative Court within 3 days of the date of delivery of the decision concerned; unless hindered from doing so by formal obstacles, the Court shall appoint the date of the hearing no later than within 7 days of the date of filing the complaint. On a document being tabled, a motion may be moved without notice to appoint a day for its consideration or for it to be printed. Synonyms specify, determine, assign, designate, allot, set, fix, arrange, choose, decide on, establish, settle, authorize, ordain, prescribe, decree 2.1archaic Decree. such laws are appointed by God Example sentencesExamples ‘Let us now appoint the laws by which our country may remain in peace.’ The first of these, the external or political kingdom of Christ in the visible church, consists in his absolute and supreme authority, to appoint the laws of his church, and rulers by these laws. It isn't as though the Ambassador issued a decree saying ‘I appoint such and such.’ As His sovereignty extends to His worship, so it is His sole prerogative to appoint the laws of His worship, to command of His subjects the way they ought to worship Him. 3Law Decide the disposal of (property of which one is not the owner) under powers granted by the owner. trustees appoint the capital to the beneficiaries Example sentencesExamples The nephew had no child but purported to appoint the property by will. Suppose she had appointed the property to her executor; that could not make it assets for the payment of her debts, unless it was her separate estate. So, our submission has always been that that is a beneficial interest in the sense that he has the ability through control of the trustee company to appoint corpus or income to himself. The surviving spouse must have a power of appointment to appoint the property to the survivor's own self or estate. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French apointer, from a point ‘to a point’.
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