APPOINT


Meaning of APPOINT in English

ap ‧ point S2 W2 /əˈpɔɪnt/ BrE AmE 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

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.