appoint
verb
ap·point
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appointed;
appointing;
appoints
Definition of appoint
1a
: to fix or set officially
appoint a trial date
b
: to name officially
will appoint her director of the program
2
: to provide with complete and usually appropriate or elegant furnishings or equipment
… appointed the rooms with a curated selection of art and furniture … — Chron.com a beautifully appointed room
: to exercise a power of appointment
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Examples of appoint in a Sentence
She was appointed professor of chemistry at the university.
After his parents died, the boy's uncle was appointed as his guardian.
Every year, the group appoints three new members.
a committee appointed by Congress
the company's newly appointed assistant director
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Recent Examples on the Web
Virginia Richmond: The governor embroiled in a blackface scandal earlier this year is appointing a new top aide whose job will be to make government more inclusive. — USA TODAY, "Animation behind bars, Elliott the elk, SkyStar: News from around our 50 states," 10 Sep. 2019 The Virginian-Pilot reports that the city council last week appointed Tom Leahy acting city manager. — Washington Post, "Man, 19, fatally shot in Northeast Washington," 9 Sep. 2019 Board member Yasushi Kimura told reporters at an evening news conference at company headquarters in Yokohama that the board has approved Saikawa's resignation, effective Sept. 16, and a successor will be appointed next month. — NBC News, "Nissan chief executive Hiroto Saikawa to resign, successor to be named," 9 Sep. 2019 Ward lost the primary to McSally; McSally lost the general election to Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, but was later appointed to the state's other Senate seat. — Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, azcentral, "Sen. Martha McSally regrets GOP chairwoman's 'dead in his tracks' comment about Mark Kelly," 9 Sep. 2019 Carattini-Wright is also a licensed volunteer with CASA — court appointed special advocate — which pairs community members with foster children in the region to assist in their development and maturity. — Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle, "Carattini-Wright tabbed to lead Woodlands Arts Council," 9 Sep. 2019 McCall wrote that much of the pressure came from Brown’s top lawyer, general counsel Misha Isaak, whom the governor appointed in late August to a position on the Oregon Court of Appeals. — Hillary Borrud | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, "Oregon public records advocate resigns, accuses Gov. Kate Brown’s staff of inappropriate pressure," 9 Sep. 2019 Brown, who served as deputy chief for five years under Magnus before being appointed to assistant chief and then chief in 2016, first joined the department in 1985. — Erin Baldassari, The Mercury News, "Richmond police chief ‘out of the office’ following union’s vote of no confidence," 7 Sep. 2019 The company, under the leadership of CEO Daniel Ek and content chief Dawn Ostroff, has made several acquisitions, including studios Gimlet Media and Anchor, and appointed Liz Gateley to lead creative development on original podcasts. — Natalie Jarvey, The Hollywood Reporter, "Former CBS News Chief David Rhodes Consulting With Spotify on Podcast Programming," 6 Sep. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'appoint.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for appoint
appoint
verb
English Language Learners Definition of appoint
: to choose (someone) to have a particular job : to give (someone) a position or duty
: to decide or establish (something) in an official way
: to decide (the time or place at which something will happen or be done)
See the full definition for appoint in the English Language Learners Dictionary
appoint
verb
ap·point
| \ ə-ˈpȯint
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appointed;
appointing
Kids Definition of appoint
1
: to choose for some duty, job, or office
The school board appointed three new teachers.
2
: to decide on usually from a position of authority
The teacher appointed a time for our meeting.
appoint
transitive verb
ap·point
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Legal Definition of appoint
1
: to name officially to a position
appointed to the agency's top post appointed conservator of the estate
2
: to determine the distribution of (property) by exercising the authority granted by a power of appointment
a general power to appoint the corpus of a trust— W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al.
: to exercise a power of appointment — see also power