appoint

B1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /əˈpɔɪnt/ See IPA manual

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.

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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

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Phrases (4)

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appoint a lawyer
To officially assign a lawyer to a case or role

Verb + noun
appoint a president
to formally select someone to serve as president of an organization

Verb + noun
appoint a professor
To officially give someone the position of professor

Verb + noun
appoint an agent
to officially designate someone to act as an agent on one's behalf

Verb + noun

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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# 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
- Actions & Processes

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