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appointed

[uh-poin-tid]

adjective

  1. by, through, or as a result of an appointment (often in contrast withelected ).

    an appointed official.

  2. predetermined; arranged; set.

    They met at the appointed time in the appointed place.

  3. provided with what is necessary; equipped; furnished.

    a beautifully appointed office.



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Other Word Forms

  • quasi-appointed adjective
  • unappointed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of appointed1

First recorded in 1525–35; appoint + -ed 2
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Synonym Study

See furnish.
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There was a freeholder who had appointed a managing agent, as well as a housing association, she said.

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The foundation also emailed a press release saying that it had appointed an executive chairman, Reverend Johnnie Moore, a Christian evangelical preacher and public relations executive.

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In 2014 Sir Geoff was knighted for services to human rights, science and charity and four years later he he was appointed Jamaica's first Honorary Consul in Scotland.

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US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has appointed eight new people to the committee that issues official government recommendations on immunisations, days after removing all 17 previous members.

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Pope Leo XIV has appointed the first Chinese bishop of his papacy, signalling that he will continue a historic agreement that sought to improve relations between the Vatican and China.

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