appoint

B1 Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /əˈpɔɪnt/ See IPA manual

verb Freq #11893

Meanings

1

verb
To officially choose someone for a job or position.

The board appointed her as the new director.
2

verb
To decide on or fix a time or place by authority or agreement.

They appointed one o'clock as the time for the meeting.
3

verb
To furnish or equip a place fully.

The hall was elegantly appointed for the celebration.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to officially choose... make name

More accredit allot assign choose command decide decree delegate designate direct elect employ

Opposites

decline disallow dismiss fire ignore neglect refuse reject revoke terminate unfurnish

Word family

Forms appointedappointingappoints

Derived forms appointableappointeeappointerappointiveappointmentappointorforeappointpreappointreappointself-appointunappointwell-appointed

Related forms point

Common collocations

Etymology

From Middle English apointen, borrowed from Old French apointier (“to prepare, arrange, lean, place”) (French appointer (“to give a salary, refer a cause”)), from Late Latin appunctō (“to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement”); Latin ad + punctum (“a point”). See point.

apointen Middle English apointier Old French appunctō la-lat

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Topics

Space, Position & Direction

# appoint

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** əˈpɔɪnt
**Frequency rank:** 11893

## Meanings
1. To officially choose someone for a job or position.
2. To decide on or fix a time or place by authority or agreement.
3. To furnish or equip a place fully.

## Examples
- The board appointed her as the new director.
- They appointed one o'clock as the time for the meeting.
- The hall was elegantly appointed for the celebration.

## Synonyms
- accredit
- allot
- assign
- choose
- command
- decide
- decree
- delegate
- designate
- direct
- elect
- employ

## Antonyms
- decline
- disallow
- dismiss
- fire
- ignore
- neglect
- refuse
- reject
- revoke
- terminate
- unfurnish

## Derived Forms
- appointable
- appointee
- appointer
- appointive
- appointment
- appointor
- foreappoint
- preappoint
- reappoint
- self-appoint
- unappoint
- well-appointed

## Related Forms
- point

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: apointen
- Root: apointier
- Root: appunctō

## Etymology
From Middle English apointen, borrowed from Old French apointier (“to prepare, arrange, lean, place”) (French appointer (“to give a salary, refer a cause”)), from Late Latin appunctō (“to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement”); Latin ad + punctum (“a point”). See point.

## AI Etymology
Appoint comes from Middle English apointen, borrowed from Old French apointier (“to prepare, arrange, lean, place”), with French appointer (“to give a salary, refer a cause”), from Late Latin appunctō (“to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement”); Latin ad plus punctum (“a point”). Compare point.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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