appointed

«appointed» in Mova's school dictionary: chosen 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 form (past of «appoint»: appoint, appoints, appointed, appointing); adjective

meaning for a pupil

1) Appointed means chosen officially for a job or role. tree →

2) (formal, adjective) Appointed means fixed or agreed: «at the appointed time». tree →

3) (formal) Well-appointed means well equipped and nicely furnished. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school life: a new head teacher is appointed; pupils are appointed as monitors or prefects. In formal language: «arrive at the appointed hour». In news: ministers are appointed.

examples

• Mrs Lee was appointed as our new head teacher. tree →
• Jack was appointed class captain. tree →
• We met at the appointed place. tree →
• The judge was appointed by the government. tree →
• Arrive at the appointed time, please. tree →
• The hotel rooms were well appointed. tree →
• On the day appointed for the race the two started together. tree →

note

Noun: appointment (also meaning a planned meeting, like a dentist appointment). Double «p». «Appointed» means chosen, not elected by votes.

In the corpora

• 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.
• 'Let the children of Israel keep the passover in its appointed season.

Trees and pragmatics

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