Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - appoint
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Appoint
appoint
(appoints, appointing, appointed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. If you appoint someone to a job or official position, you formally choose them for it. It made sense to appoint a banker to this job... The commission appointed a special investigator to conduct its own inquiry... The Prime Minister has appointed a civilian as defence minister... She was appointed a US delegate to the United Nations. = assign VERB: V n to n, V n to-inf, V n as n, be V-ed n, also V n n, V n see also appointed
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verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~er, from a- (from Latin ad-) + point point Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to fix or set officially ~ a trial date b. to name officially will ~ her director of the program c. archaic arrange d. to determine the disposition of (an estate) to someone by virtue of a power of ~ment 2. to provide with complete and usually appropriate or elegant furnishings or equipment a beautifully ~ed room intransitive verb to exercise a power of ~ment Synonyms: see furnish ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 assign a post or office to (appoint him governor; appoint him to govern; appointed to the post). 2 (often foll. by for) fix, decide on (a time, place, etc.) (Wednesday was appointed for the meeting; 8.30 was the appointed time). 3 prescribe; ordain (Holy Writ appointed by the Church). 4 Law a (also absol.) declare the destination of (property etc.). b declare (a person) as having an interest in property etc. (Jones was appointed in the will). 5 (as appointed adj.) equipped, furnished (a badly appointed hotel). Derivatives appointee n. appointer n. appointive adj. US Etymology: ME f. OF apointer f. {agrave} point to a point ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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гл. 1) назначать (на пост), утверждать (в должности) 2) договариваться, уславливаться (о месте и времени) 3) определять • - appoint a committee - appoint a guardian - appoint an arbitrator - appoint as an agent APPOINT назначать, определять; указывать, предписывать – to appoint a hearing – to appoint an arbitrator – to appoint an umpire APPOINT гл. 1) а) упр. назначать (на пост, должность), утверждать (в должности) In August of 2002 the Board of Directors appointed him to the position of General Manager. — В августе 2002 г. совет директоров назначил его на пост генерального директора. The company appointed him manager of its Chicago office in March of the following year. — В марте следующего года компания назначила его на должность управляющего в чикагском отделе компании. б) упр. создавать, назначать (например, комиссию) to appoint a committee — учреждать создавать, назначать комитет 2) общ. договариваться, уславливаться (о месте и времени); назначать (место и время) to appoint a day for the wedding for the meeting, for the tria — назначить день свадьбы собрания, суда ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. назначать (на пост); утверждать (в должности) to appoint smb. ambassador —- назначать послом to appoint smb. to a post —- назначать на пост they appointed White manager —- Уайта сделали управляющим 2. создавать to appoint a committee —- создать комиссию 3. договариваться, условливаться (о месте или времени); назначать to appoint a day for the wedding —- назначить день свадьбы 4. уст. предписывать law appoints that the criminal shall be punished —- по закону преступник должен понести наказание ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ v 1 to choose someone for a position or a job (They appointed a new teacher at the school. | appoint (sb) as sth) (O'Connell was appointed as Chairman of the Council. | The School Board have appointed her Superintendent of the city's schools. | appoint sb to sth) (He's been appointed to the State Supreme Court in California. | appoint sb to do sth) (She's been appointed to catalog the new books in the library.) 2 formal to arrange or decide a time or place for something to happen (The committee appointed a day in June for celebrations. | the appointed time (=the time that has been arranged)) (We met him at the appointed time outside the courtroom.) - appointee n (a presidential appointee) (- see also self-appointed, well-appointed, -see hire1) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1385, from O.Fr. apointer "duly, fitly," from a- "to" + point "point." Appointment first recorded 1417. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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