appointed

Meaning

Subject to appointment, as opposed to an election.

appointed

fixed

selected

ordained

employed

authorised

charged

set

special

created

decree

justice

law

made

rule

specified

settled

authorized

chosen

delegated

installed

determined

appointive

decreed

prescribed

named

nominative

nominated

established

designated

engaged

be placed

pledged

stationed

entrusted

fixed upon

attached

arranged

entrusted with any duty

post

sent

assigned

be decided

be ordained

be ordered

be settled

promised

definite

determinate

stated

permitted

designate

agreed

exclusive

commission

procuration

cut

asserted

defined

diagnosed

laid

proclaimed

Frequency

Hyphenated as

ap‧point‧ed

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈpɔɪntɪd/

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appoint

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