appointed

Meaning

Adj

Subject to appointment, as opposed to an election.

Verb

simple past and past participle of appoint.

appoint

1. (transitive) To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement.
2. (transitive) To name (someone to a post or role).
3. (transitive) To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out.
4. (transitive) To equip (someone) with (something); to assign (someone) authoritatively (some equipment).
5. (transitive) To fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it).
6. (obsolete, transitive) To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish.
7. (intransitive, obsolete) To resolve; to determine; to ordain.

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Synonyms

fixed

selected

ordained

rule

authorised

special

charged

set

created

made

law

decree

justice

employed

decreed

appointive

authorized

chosen

delegated

designated

determined

established

installed

named

nominated

nominative

prescribed

settled

specified

be placed

defined

laid

agreed

cut

be settled

be ordered

be decided

commission

permitted

pledged

post

be ordained

proclaimed

procuration

promised

attached

assigned

sent

asserted

entrusted with any duty

Translations

nominato

ernannt

nommé

bestimmte

καθορισμένος

معين

attitré

beauftragt

موعود

Erlass durch den Kaiser

δηλωμένος

fixé

ausgewiesen

chargé

Autorisierung durch den Monarch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈpɔɪntɪd/

Sentences

She was appointed assistant professor .

She was appointed to the faculty at the Edinburgh College of Art .

This was the morning of the day appointed for Richard's departure .

Doctor Pedro Malan was appointed to the Board of British American Tobacco p . l . c .

Spencer Fullerton Baird was appointed its first commissioner .

Funakoshi was the formal head of the organization , with Nakayama appointed as Chief Instructor .