appoint
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.
» 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.
- furnish
- create and charge with a task or function
- assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
Examples
163 sentencesWe appointed him as our representative.
Ми призначили його нашим представником. — deniko
ruМы назначили его нашим представителем. — Biga
deWir ernannten ihn zu unserem Vertreter. — raggione
Be sure to come here by the appointed time.
Ти повинен прийти сюди до призначеного часу. — ChickenKiev
He was appointed chairman.
Його призначили головою. — deniko
deEr wurde zum Vorsitzenden ernannt. — mayabe
They appointed him chairman.
Вони призначили його головою. — JeNNeR
ruОни назначили его председателем. — Hellerick
deSie ernannten ihn zum Vorsitzenden. — Esperantostern
They appointed Tom administrative director.
Вони призначили Тома адміністративним директором. — deniko
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 4
By meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English apointen, borrowed from Old French apointier (“to prepare, arrange, leFrom 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.
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Forms
appoints, appointing, appointed, appointedSynonyms
24 synonymsAntonyms
11 antonymsWord family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
4 patterns- be appointed chairman
- appointed chairman
- has been appointed
- to be appointed