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UK
/ɐpˈɔɪnt/
]
[ US /əˈpɔɪnt/ ]
[ US /əˈpɔɪnt/ ]
VERB
-
create and charge with a task or function
nominate a committee -
furnish
a beautifully appointed house -
assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
He was appointed deputy manager
She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance
How To Use appoint In A Sentence
- Applicants for government posts are always thoroughly investigated before being appointed.
- Now that Gonzalez has rejected the Yankees, perhaps he can concentrate on turning a disappointing season into another banner year.
- We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. Jim Rohn
- At every turn I met with disappointment.
- Do you think Hillary wants to sit by and watch McCain appoint Supreme Court Justices, block universal health care, send more money to Iraq in exchange for body bags? McCain raises $21.5 million in May
- Then the court will decide who must take care of minor children unless the parents have appointed a guardian.
- We are going to make an information pack and appoint a pupil who will make sure supply teachers have any resources they need.
- Whether these positive initiatives will be enough to overcome disappointment on the limited over-all budget reduction will depend on the extent to which the investor is willing to look beyond near-term sluggishness in North American growth. Budget '85 Special Meeting of The Empire Club of Canada
- A troubleshooter is being appointed to make the prison service more efficient.
- I was too much at risk from the smoulder of his irritability, sudden blazes of rage, to see his deep disappointment with life.