appoint

«appoint» in Mova's school dictionary: to choose them officially for a job or role — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (appoint, appoints, appointed, appointing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To appoint someone is to choose them officially for a job or role. tree →

2) (formal) To appoint a time or place is to decide it: at the appointed time. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used for jobs in school (appoint a new head teacher, class captain) and government; noun appointment (a job given, or a time to see the doctor or dentist).

examples

• The school appointed a new head teacher. tree →
• Mrs Lee appointed Zoe as team captain. tree →
• We met at the appointed time. tree →
• The council appointed a new mayor. tree →
• She was appointed to look after the class pet. tree →
• Who appoints the judges? tree →
• They agreed to appoint Momus as judge, and to abide by his decision. tree →

note

Noun: appointment, which also means a booked meeting (a dentist appointment). Opposite feeling: disappointed (not about appointing!). Double p.

In the corpora

• And he said: 'Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.'
• And he appointed him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
• And the LORD appointed a set time, saying: 'Tomorrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.'
• These are the appointed seasons of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season.
• And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the appointed seasons of the LORD.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «appoint» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.