B1verb · transitive · rare

appoint

ap·point

appoint · appoints · appointed · appointing

призначати

назначать, присваивать звание, предоставлять, оборудовать

bestimmen, festlegen, ernennen, ausstatten

To set, fix or determine by authority or agreementTo set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement.

ⓘ

/əˈpɔɪnt/

» We appointed him as our representative.

Wir ernannten ihn zu unserem Vertreter.

Wir ernannten ihn zu unserem Repräsentanten.

Мы назначили его нашим представителем.

Ми призначили його нашим представником.

Meaning

7 senses

(transitive)To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement.
bestimmen, festlegen
назначатьnaznačatʹ
признача́тиpryznačáty
(transitive)To name (someone to a post or role).
ernennen
назначатьnaznačatʹ, приставлятьpristavljatʹ, присваивать званиеprisvaivatʹ zvanije
(transitive)To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out.
ausstatten, ausrüsten
снаряжатьsnarjažatʹ, оборудоватьoborudovatʹ
(transitive)To equip (someone) with (something); to assign (someone) authoritatively (some equipment).
предоставлятьpredostavljatʹ, жаловатьžalovatʹ
(transitive)To fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it).
(obsolete, transitive)To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish.
festlegen, festsetzen
(intransitive, obsolete)To resolve; to determine; to ordain.

More definitions

furnish
create and charge with a task or function
assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

Examples

163 sentences

We appointed him as our representative.
Ми призначили його нашим представником.
ruМы назначили его нашим представителем.
deWir ernannten ihn zu unserem Vertreter.
CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · B1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Be sure to come here by the appointed time.
Ти повинен прийти сюди до призначеного часу.
CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · B1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
He was appointed chairman.
Його призначили головою.
deEr wurde zum Vorsitzenden ernannt.
CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · B1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
They appointed him chairman.
Вони призначили його головою.
ruОни назначили его председателем.
deSie ernannten ihn zum Vorsitzenden.
CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · B1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
They appointed Tom administrative director.
Вони призначили Тома адміністративним директором.
CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · B2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to fix (the time and place of):

Русский

By meaning 4

to fix (the time and place of):

to name to a post:

to furnish with everything necessary:

to equip or assign authoritatively:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

to fix (the time and place of):

to name to a post:

to furnish with everything necessary:

to fix with power or firmness:

Origin

From Middle English apointen, borrowed from Old French apointier (“to prepare, arrange, le

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.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source