appoint
Pronunciation change
- IPA (key): /ʌˈpɔɪnt/
Audio (UK) (file) - Hyphenation: ap‧point
Verb change
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Plain form |
Third-person singular |
Past tense |
Past participle |
Present participle |
- (transitive) If you appoint someone to a job or position, you give the job to them.
- The president appointed her to investigate the problems.
- He has been appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada.
- They appointed him team captain.
- (transitive) If you appoint a time for something, you choose that time.
- They met at the appointed time.