The committee met and discussed whom to appoint to the post.
Source: tatoeba (28284)
Appoint
//əˈpɔɪnt//
Synonyms for "appoint" (114 found)
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Related word relations
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More general
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
More specific
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
12 entriesdistinct from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
48 entriesShowing 16 of 48 words.
Translations
81 translations across 27 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- emëroj verb (to name to a post)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- təyin etmək verb (to name to a post)
Bashkir
1 entries- ҡуйыу verb (to name to a post)
Bulgarian
4 entries- оборудвам verb (to furnish with everything necessary)
- определям verb (to fix (the time and place of))
- предписвам verb (to fix (the time and place of))
- установявам verb (to fix with power or firmness)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 任命 verb (to name to a post)
- 委任 verb (to name to a post)
- 約定 /约定 verb (to fix (the time and place of))
- 預約 /预约 verb (to fix (the time and place of))
Dutch
4 entries- benoemen verb (to name to a post)
- bepalen verb (to fix (the time and place of))
- beschikken verb (to fix (the time and place of))
- vaststellen verb (to fix (the time and place of))
Esperanto
1 entries- nomumi verb (to name to a post)
Faroese
1 entries- útnevna verb (to name to a post)
Finnish
4 entries- asettaa verb (to fix (the time and place of))
- määrätä verb (to fix with power or firmness)
- nimittää verb (to name to a post)
- varustaa verb (to furnish with everything necessary)
French
4 entries- déterminer verb (to fix with power or firmness)
- fixer verb (to fix (the time and place of))
- fixer verb (to fix with power or firmness)
- poser verb (to fix (the time and place of))
German
4 entries- ausrüsten verb (to furnish with everything necessary)
- ausstatten verb (to furnish with everything necessary)
- bestimmen verb (to fix (the time and place of))
- ernennen verb (to name to a post)
Hebrew
2 entries- מִנָּה verb (to name to a post)
- מִנָּה verb (to equip or assign authoritatively)
Hindi
2 entries- नियुक्त करना verb (to fix (the time and place of))
- नियुक्त करना verb (to name to a post)
Irish
1 entries- ceap verb (to name to a post)
Italian
4 entries- approntare verb (to furnish with everything necessary)
- assegnare verb (to name to a post)
- costituire verb (to fix (the time and place of))
- designare verb (to name to a post)
Latin
4 entries- lego verb (to fix with power or firmness)
- lego verb (to fix with power or firmness)
- scisco verb (to fix (the time and place of))
- scisco verb (to fix with power or firmness)
Māori
3 entries- kopou verb (to fix (the time and place of))
- kopou verb (to name to a post)
- kopou verb (to fix with power or firmness)
Old English
1 entries- sċrīfan verb (to name to a post)
Polish
2 entries- umawiać verb (to fix (the time and place of))
- umówić verb (to fix (the time and place of))
Portuguese
3 entries- fincar verb (to fix with power or firmness)
- fixar verb (to fix with power or firmness)
- prover verb (to furnish with everything necessary)
Russian
4 entries- жаловать verb (to equip or assign authoritatively)
- назначать verb (to fix (the time and place of))
- назначать verb (to name to a post)
- оборудовать verb (to furnish with everything necessary)
Sanskrit
1 entries- दधाति verb (to name to a post)
Sikkimese
1 entries- སྐོས verb (to name to a post)
Spanish
4 entries- designar verb (to name to a post)
- designar verb (to equip or assign authoritatively)
- determinar verb (to fix with power or firmness)
- equipar verb (to furnish with everything necessary)
Ukrainian
1 entries- признача́ти verb (to fix (the time and place of))
Welsh
1 entries- penodi verb (to name to a post)
Zazaki
2 entries- eşten verb ((law) to fix the disposition of)
- tayin kerden verb (to name to a post)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
We must appoint a new teacher soon.
Source: tatoeba (248023)
Just appoint the time and place and I'll be there.
Source: tatoeba (268473)
We have to appoint new members of the examining board.
Source: tatoeba (277964)
Showing 4 of 24 available sentences.
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