appoint
/əˈpɔɪnt/
To name; To set, fix or determine by authority or agreement
- he/she/it
- appoints
- past participle
- appointed
Meanings
- 1
To name (someone to a post or role)
The president appointed a new manager.
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We appointed him as our representative.
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- 2
To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement
- 3
To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit outrare
- 4
To equip (someone) with (something); to assign (someone) authoritatively (some equipment)rare
- 5
To fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it)rare
- 6
To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establishrare
- 7
To resolve; to determine; to ordainrare