appoint
- Verb:
- To assign a job or role to someone formally: To officially choose someone for a position or duty.
- To decide or establish a time or place for something: To arrange or fix something, such as a meeting time.
- To furnish or equip: To provide with furniture, fittings, or equipment (often used in the passive voice).
Verb (Assign a role): The board will appoint a new CEO next month. She was appointed to the committee last year.
Verb (Establish a time/place): Let's appoint a time for our next discussion. They appointed the town hall as the venue for the debate.
Verb (Furnish/Equip - often passive): The hotel room was luxuriously appointed. The newly appointed office had the latest technology.
"to appoint someone as [position]": To formally give someone a specific title or role. He was appointed as the head of the department.
"well-appointed" / "badly-appointed" (adjectives): Describing something that is well or poorly furnished/equipped. The well-appointed apartment had a modern kitchen and a spacious balcony.
Appointee (n): A person who is appointed to a job or position. The new appointee will start her duties on Monday.
Appointment (n): The act of appointing someone; a job or position to which someone is appointed; an arrangement to meet at a specific time. His appointment to the role was announced publicly. I have a dentist appointment at 3 PM.
Appointive (adj): Relating to or filled by appointment rather than election. It is an appointive office, not an elected one.
- Nominate: To formally propose someone for a position.
- Designate: To choose someone for a specific role or purpose.
- Assign: To allocate a task or duty to someone.
(Note: "Appoint" is not commonly used with particles to form standard phrasal verbs. Its meanings are typically expressed directly.)
- "Power to appoint": The official authority to select someone for a position.
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furnish
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a beautifully appointed house
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assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
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He was appointed deputy manager
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She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance
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create and charge with a task or function
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nominate a committee
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