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appoint

/əˈpɔɪnt/verb2 syllables

Appoint means: create and charge with a task or function.

Synonyms for appoint19

verb, as in create and charge with a task or function

verb, as in assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

also used for appoint

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What does appoint mean?3

verb

1

create and charge with a task or function“nominate a committee”

2

assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to“He was appointed deputy manager”

3

furnish“a beautifully appointed house”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with appoint?4

one syllable

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Appoint in a sentence

  • But whomsoever the state appoints, him we should obey.mhenderson5
  • The committee met and discussed whom to appoint to the post.Dejo
  • We have to appoint new members of the examining board.CM
  • We have no call to appoint him to the post.CM
  • We're talking about who we should appoint to that position.CK
  • Does he appoint him with a clear intention of offending him?Eldad
  • The prime minister appoints the members of his cabinet.CM
  • Who is this administration appointing for district supervisor?papabear

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Forms of appoint

as a verb

past tense
appointed
present participle
appointing
third-person singular
appoints
past participle
appointed