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appoint
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appoint
v.
nominate; designate
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Appointment
Appointment may refer to:
- Law
- The prerogative power of an government official or executive to select persons to fill an honorary position or employment in the government (i.e. political appointments, poets laureate).
- Power of appointment, the legal ability of a testator to select another person to dispose of the testator's property
- Recess appointment, a method of filling vacancies under U.S. federal law
- Appointment, a form of Royal Warrant
- List of positions filled by presidential appointment with Senate confirmation
- Judicial appointments in Canada
- Warrant of Appointment, an official document presented by the President of Ireland to persons upon appointment to certain offices
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appoint
Verb
1. create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"
(synonym) name, nominate, constitute
(hypernym) establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
(hyponym) pack
(derivation) appointee, appointment
2. assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"
(synonym) charge
(hyponym) delegate, designate, depute, assign
(derivation) appointee, appointment
3. furnish; "a beautifully appointed house"
(hypernym) equip, fit, fit out, outfit
| Babylon French-English | Download this dictionary |
appoint
n.
contribution; help, aid; add-on (Computers)
d'appoint
adv.
complementary, extra, additional
| Babylon English-Czech | Download this dictionary |
appoint
v.
jmenovat; stanovit
