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Meaning of appoint | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

Definitions

  1. He arrived before the appointed time. afgesproke مُعَيَّن определен combinado sjednaný, určený verabredet fastsat; aftalt καθορισμένοςconvenido, fijado määratud معین؛ مقرر varattu convenu שׁנִקְבַּע नियत određen megjelölt (időpont) ditetapkan umsaminn stabilito, fissato 定められた 약속된 nustatytas norādītais (laiks, vieta) ditetapkan vastgesteldavtalt, fastsatt ustalony ټاکلی، مقرر combinado convenit назначенный stanovený, dohodnutý dogovorjen dogovoren avtalad ที่ได้รับแต่งตั้ง; ที่นัดหมาย kararlaş...
  2. To select or designate to fill an office or a position: appointed her the chief operating officer of the company.
  3. To fix or set by authority or by mutual agreement: will appoint a date for the examination.
  4. To furnish; equip: a house that is comfortably appointed.
  5. Law To direct the disposition of (property) to a person or persons in exercise of a power granted for this purpose by a preceding deed.
    Law
  6. (also intr) to assign officially, as for a position, responsibility, etc: he was appointed manager.
    also intr
  7. to establish by agreement or decree; fix: a time was appointed for the duel.
  8. to prescribe or ordain: laws appointed by tribunal.
  9. (Law) property law to nominate (a person), under a power granted in a deed or will, to take an interest in property
    property law
  10. to equip with necessary or usual features; furnish: a well-appointed hotel.

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