appoint
appoint
ap·point
/əˈpoınt/ verb , -points, -point·ed, -point·ing [ + obj ]
1 : to choose (someone) to have a particular job : to give (someone) a position or duty
The President appointed [=named, designated] him (as) Secretary of Education.
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
The defendant will be represented by a court-appointed attorney. [=a lawyer chosen by a court to defend someone who has been accused of a crime]
— often + to
appointing women to positions of power
She was appointed to the position last year.
— often followed by to + verb
He has been appointed to serve as president of the club.
A young lawyer was appointed to represent the accused man.
see also self-appointed
2 formal
2 a : to decide or establish (something) in an official way
— usually used as appointed
She wasn't able to accomplish her appointed tasks. [=the things that she was supposed to do]
We will not deviate/stray from our appointed course.
doctors on their appointed rounds
2 b : to decide (the time or place at which something will happen or be done)
— usually used as appointed
We were all ready at the appointed time/hour.
on the appointed day
Call me when you reach the appointed place/location.
3 : to decorate and put furniture in (a room or space)
— usually used as (be) appointed
Each suite is appointed with handmade furniture and original artwork.
We stayed in one of the hotel's beautifully appointed rooms.
see also well-appointed
ap·poin·tee /əˌpoınˈtiː/ noun , pl -tees [ count ]
presidential appointees [=people chosen by the President to fill a position]
He was a political appointee, not an elected official.
