APPOINT


Meaning of APPOINT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ əpɔɪnt ]

( appoints, appointing, appointed)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

If you appoint someone to a job or official position, you formally choose them for it.

It made sense to appoint a banker to this job...

The commission appointed a special investigator to conduct its own inquiry...

The Prime Minister has appointed a civilian as defence minister...

She was appointed a US delegate to the United Nations.

= assign

VERB : V n to n , V n to-inf , V n as n , be V-ed n , also V n n , V n

see also appointed

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