pre-appoint
Verb: - To appoint or designate in advance: "pre-appoint" means to assign someone to a position or role before the usual time or before the position becomes officially open.
- (They selected someone for the role before the term began.)
- (The person was chosen in advance for that specific task.)
- (They are named beforehand to avoid delays.)
"to pre-appoint a successor": to formally name someone who will take over a role at a future date.
- The board pre-appointed the vice president as the next director. (They designated the VP for the future role.)
"pre-appointed time": a time set in advance for an event or meeting.
- We met at the pre-appointed time of 3 PM. (The time was arranged earlier.)
Pre-appointment (noun): the act or process of appointing someone in advance.
- The pre-appointment of the team leader was controversial. (The advance selection caused debate.)
Pre-appoint (verb form): same as above, used in legal or formal contexts.
- The law allows the mayor to pre-appoint deputies. (The mayor can designate deputies before they are needed.)
Designate: to officially choose someone for a particular job or purpose.
- She was designated as the project lead. (She was chosen in advance.)
Pre-select: to choose in advance from a group.
- The candidates were pre-selected for the interview. (They were picked beforehand.)
- Pre-appoint to: to assign someone to a specific role or position in advance.
- He was pre-appointed to the board of directors. (He was named to the board before the vacancy occurred.)
Set in stone: to be firmly fixed or decided in advance, similar to pre-appointment.
- The date for the election was set in stone months ago. (It was pre-appointed and unchangeable.)
A done deal: something that has already been arranged or decided, often informally.
- His promotion was a done deal after the pre-appointment. (It was already settled.)