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appoint Definition

ap·point (ə po̵int′)

transitive verb

  1. to set (a date, place, etc.); decide upon officially; decree to appoint a time for a meeting
  2. to name or select officially for an office, position, etc. to appoint a chairman
  3. to furnish and arrange: now usually in well-appointed, etc.
  4. Law to decide the disposition of (property) by special authority

Etymology: ME apointen < OFr apointer, to arrange, make ready < ML appunctuare < L ad, to + punctum, point

intransitive verb

to make appointments to an office, position, etc.

appoint Synonyms

appoint

v.

  1. To designate

    select, designate, elect, name; see delegate 1, 2.

  2. To furnish

    furnish, equip, outfit; see furnish 1, 2. See syn. study atfurnish.

appoint Usage Examples

Object

  • trustee: Appointed a Trustee of The Civic Trust on 18th July 2000.
  • auditor: Every company is required to appoint an auditor each year at its AGM.
  • receiver: The right to appoint an administrative receiver will remain where floating charges are granted in connection with certain transactions in the capital markets.
  • director: He was appointed a non-executive director of AEGON UK in 1997.
  • chairman: In the absence of both these officers, the meeting shall appoint a Chairman of the meeting.
  • person: The Act entitles her to appoint any person to carry out the function of determining such appeals on her behalf.

Preposition: on

merit: We appreciate the contributions of the individual and appoint solely on merit.

Preposition: as

  • director(s: We register clean companies you are appointed as director(s ) and shareholder at the outset.
  • founding: Applicant appointed as company founding Director ( Administrator ).
  • lecturer: I have been at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine since 1985 when I was appointed as a lecturer in epidemiology.
  • secretary: If the company has only one director then another person must be appointed as the company secretary.
  • director: Eric Tracey, an audit partner at Deloitte & Touche, has been appointed as finance director.

Used with why or when

whose: A Committee was appointed whose terms of reference were how improvements could be made in the existing rural credit system.

Infinitive complement

  • oversee: Meanwhile, we understand that the consultant headteacher appointed to oversee the process has departed.
  • enquire: Extract from the report of the Commission appointed to enquire concerning the charities in the County of Southampton 1888.
  • succeed: Mgr Knox resigned in 1939, and Fr Alfonso de Zulueta was appointed to succeed him.
  • serve: Members are appointed to serve for three years but may be re-appointed to serve further terms.
  • advise: A team led by partner Jason Coates has been appointed to advise the trustees of TM Retail's two pensions schemes.
  • act: I have accordingly been appointed to act in this matter.

Preposition: for

tenure: The head of SAI is appointed for a fixed tenure, for a term not exceeding seven years.