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appoint::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | constitute, name, nominate |
| Type of | found, constitute, establish, plant, institute |
| Has types | co-opt, pack |
| Derivation | appointee, appointive |
Examples of appoint
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The council should appoint the best applicant with the most business experience.
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If he doesn't win in New York, he will have to appoint a proven, toplevel coach.
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If Chiu took the job, Newsom would appoint Chiu's replacement in District Three.
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Bobb is countersuing the board for trying to appoint a permanent superintendent.
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Once in, they can appoint without review associate judges, essentially for life.
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When a potato becomes too hot to handle, Presidents like to appoint commissions.
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Perhaps Doyle, a ban advocate, didn't appoint Breske just to remove an obstacle.
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It was not immediately clear if the court will be able to appoint a replacement.
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Council has 30 days to appoint someone to fill the rest of Ms. Zentgraff's term.
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- Create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"
- Assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"
- Furnish; "a beautifully appointed house"
- (appointed) selected for a job; "the one appointed for guard duty"
- (appointment) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
- (appointment) date: a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"
- (The Appointment) The Appointment is a 1969 psychological drama from director Sidney Lumet and writer James Salter, based on the story by Antonio Leonviola.
- : To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out; : To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of; : To assign, designate, or set apart by authority; : To furnish in all points; to ...
- (appointment) The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position; Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement; An arrangement for a ...
