appoint
[verb]
Synonyms:
- assign, choose, commission, delegate, elect, name, nominate, select
- decide, allot, arrange, assign, choose, designate, establish, fix, set
- equip, fit out, furnish, provide, supply

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Contrasted words: cashier, discharge, dismiss, debar, exclude, reject, denude, dismantle, divest, strip
Related Words: accredit, authorize, commission, embellish, enrich, furbish, garnish, dress up, set off, spruce (up)

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ap‧point S2 W2 /əˈpɔɪnt/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: apointier 'to arrange', from point]

1. to choose someone for a position or a job:
officials appointed by the government
appoint somebody to something
He’s been appointed to the State Supreme Court.
appoint somebody to do something
A committee was appointed to consider the plans.
appoint (somebody) as something
O'Connell was appointed as chairman.

2. formal to arrange or decide a time or place for something to happen:
The committee appointed a day in June for celebrations.
Everyone assembled in the hall at the appointed time (=at the time that had been arranged).
—appointee /əˌpɔɪnˈtiː, ˌæpɔɪn-/ noun [countable]:
a presidential appointee
⇒ self-appointed, well-appointed

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