Appointed

//əˈpɔɪntɪd// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of appoint. form-of, participle, past

    "One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Subject to appointment, as opposed to an election. not-comparable

    "In the United States, the Secretary of State is an appointed position."

Adjective
  1. 1
    subject to appointment wordnet
  2. 2
    selected for a job wordnet
  3. 3
    provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind) wordnet
  4. 4
    fixed or established especially by order or command wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
acceptedadoptedappointiveappointiveapprovedassigned

Example

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"We appointed him as our representative."

Related phrases

self-appointed

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