appointverb
uk/əˈpɔɪnt/us/əˈpɔɪnt/appoint verb (PERSON)
C1 [ T ] to choose someone officially for a job or responsibility:
We've appointed three new teachers this year.
He's just been appointed (as) director of the publishing division.
[ + to infinitive ] A commission has just been appointed to investigate fraud claims.
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- The truth is that they appoint no more than a token number of women to managerial jobs.
- He'll be the acting director until they can appoint a permanent one.
- The police have appointed a liaison officer to work with the local community.
- The government has appointed a drugs tsar to co-ordinate the fight against drug abuse.
- A top German engineer has been appointed to troubleshoot the cause of the accident.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Applying for a job
- anoint
- applicant
- appointed
- appointee
- appointment
- assign sb to sth
- engage
- headhunt
- hiring
- intake
- job
- job centre
- job creation
- set sb up
- step into sth
- subcontract
- take sb on
- take sth on
- talent scout
- tender
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appoint verb (DATE)
[ T usually passive ] formal to arrange a date or time when a meeting or other event will happen:
A date has been appointed for the election.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Taking and choosing
- accord
- adopt
- adopted
- adoption
- bags I... idiom
- be between the devil and the deep blue sea idiom
- dip
- either-or
- elect
- empanel
- go off with sth
- have/keep your options open idiom
- impanel
- selection
- selective
- selector
- self-selected
- single sb/sth out
- skim sb/sth off
- slate
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